Even though some parts of life have improved during this bullshit shit-show scam-demic, I do want to share what happens when you stand your ground when you're surrounded by family who despises you for it.

I bought my daughter who's in her mid-20s a 9mm conceal carry pistol for Christmas. She just finished up 6 years of college at a major university and has a Master's degree so she already thinks she's 1,000x smarter than her idiot father who only went to art school for 2 years — (even though her dad makes 5x more than she does in his stupid career).

She threw a HUGE fit and chastised me for "trying to get her arrested" (in an open carry state) and that she wants nothing to do with the gift and basically handed it back to me calling me an asshole.

We were in a restaurant parking lot.

When we walked into the restaurant they asked me to put on a mask and I said no. They told me to leave so we left. I said "let's go elsewhere" (as this is only the 3rd time this has happened since March).

My daughter screamed at me calling me a "stupid piece of shit who doesn't care about anyone" and stormed off, got in her car while telling me she never wants to see me again.

A week ago she called me to say she was one of the first ones in line to get the vaccine because she was "scared to death watching my roommates almost die when they got COVID and I don't want to get this shit!!!"

I had to remind her that back when she TOLD ME (over the summer) that her roommates had tested positive for COVID that BACK THEN she told me "they had a cold for a couple of days and felt crappy, but then they were fine."

But in the last 3 or 4 months since her story has changed to "I watched them almost die."

It really broke my heart seeing how petrified my child is to the point she just thinks if she keeps her head down, is a good little girl and wears her mask and gets her shots when they tell her to — that the boogeyman will just go away.

The only thing I said in retaliation to her attacks on me was "Someday you'll know I am right. I hope it's not too late for you," before I drove off and we haven't spoken since.

She's always going to be my child, but I have already lost the rest of my family, friends, and blacklisted myself across my career just for OCCASIONALLY discussing the truth for the last 25 years.

Just wanted to share that sticking to your guns is TOUGH and you are PROBABLY going to lose a lot of friends and family — but I have been rewarded HEAVILY over and over and over again for sticking to the truth and not backing down.

Hopefully, she will see this shit for what it is someday and realize how much she's been duped.