{"id":27569,"date":"2025-09-02T22:52:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27569"},"modified":"2025-09-02T22:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:52:54","slug":"27569","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27569","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dylan\u2019s parents tried to talk to mine. They didn\u2019t get far.<\/p>\n<h3>That night, back in my childhood bedroom, I didn\u2019t cry.<\/h3>\n<p>I just stared at the thank-you cards we\u2019d written in advance and thought, How did we get here?<\/p>\n<p>Then my phone buzzed.<\/p>\n<p>A message from Dylan: \u201cYou seriously can\u2019t take a joke? You\u2019re so uptight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the screen, then blocked his number without replying.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14663\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14663\" src=\"https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4322-4.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4322-4.png 612w, https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4322-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4322-4-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/pilgrimjournalist.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4322-4-450x300.png 450w\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For illustrative purposes only.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next morning, my dad asked me to be present for something. \u201cYou deserve to hear it for yourself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27570\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26790\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dylan\u2019s parents tried to talk to mine. They didn\u2019t get far. That night, back in my childhood bedroom, I didn\u2019t cry. I just stared at the thank-you cards we\u2019d written in advance and thought, How did we get here? Then my phone buzzed. A message from Dylan: \u201cYou seriously can\u2019t take a joke? You\u2019re so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=27569\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27578,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27569\/revisions\/27578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}