Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live 2.5 miles from the Capitol and friends all across the country were calling and texting to check on my safety. You never know if people who are willing to storm the Capitol armed with police are also the same people who would also disperse into the nearby communities to spread their mayhem. Your sisters should have reached out to you, if for no other reason because you reached out to them.

This. Even Alexandria and Arlington imposed curfews.

I wonder if the sisters support Trump.

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I sent a couple photos and said they should watch the news, it was crazy, they were imposing a curfew, all the MAGA folk are just roaming free, etc.

To be clear I didn’t expect a dramatic, “oh my gosh are you safe??” type reply as much as a simple response - like, wow, did you know anyone there? Were you able to stay home all day? Or perhaps even exchanging crazy news reports, like the info about the guy who tased his balls and died. Really anything. Just a conversation. It just seemed at a minimum worth of conversation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live 2.5 miles from the Capitol and friends all across the country were calling and texting to check on my safety. You never know if people who are willing to storm the Capitol armed with police are also the same people who would also disperse into the nearby communities to spread their mayhem. Your sisters should have reached out to you, if for no other reason because you reached out to them.

This. Even Alexandria and Arlington imposed curfews.

I wonder if the sisters support Trump.

Yes, obviously that must be it. No possibility there’s any backstory about these siblings’ relationships that OP is oblivious to.

Anonymous wrote:OP do you live in the city of DC itself, or like...Reston?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live 2.5 miles from the Capitol and friends all across the country were calling and texting to check on my safety. You never know if people who are willing to storm the Capitol armed with police are also the same people who would also disperse into the nearby communities to spread their mayhem. Your sisters should have reached out to you, if for no other reason because you reached out to them.

This. Even Alexandria and Arlington imposed curfews.

I wonder if the sisters support Trump.

Anonymous wrote:I live 2.5 miles from the Capitol and friends all across the country were calling and texting to check on my safety. You never know if people who are willing to storm the Capitol armed with police are also the same people who would also disperse into the nearby communities to spread their mayhem. Your sisters should have reached out to you, if for no other reason because you reached out to them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares that much and regular people do not see it as a major event. Were you in any danger on the day? Were you attacked? Did anything really happen to you?
You sound like an overreacting person and an annoying one at that.
It happened, it was over quickly and so what? My super annoying ILS family did not send a single text about it at all.

Regular people don’t see it as a major event?

You’re 10000% wrong.

Ok, sure, it was a major event, but not something that people overseas would comment and think is relevant. Now if, they hanged Pence...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
1. Where do your sisters live? Depending on where they live stuff like this could be a regular occurrence and thus not be scary for them. D you text them every time something similar happens in the countries they live in?

2. While the attack was deeply disturbing, They obviously knew you were okay.Unlike 9/11 .

3. You describe your sisters as very liberally. I may be wrong but I suspect that means you are on different sides of the political aisle. They probably knew and have been daying this will happen since 2016 and didn't want to say " I told you so"

Op here,

1. They live in safer countries than ours

2. I understand in that respect it was not like 9/11 at all but I’m not the fist to make the comparison. It’s like 9/11 in historical significance, and reshaping counterterrorism.

3. No, I’m a moderate liberal and Trump hater. If anything perhaps their reaction reflects that they’ve long ago given up hope for the US.

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I think people who found out about it after it occurred are having a different reaction than those of us who watched it all live. DH and I watched everything from 2 pm on - and there was a long stretch where it seemed it would be a successful coup. We were watching I believe cnn and the newscaster started to cry on air (they cut away from her when she did).

I recognize I would have a different reaction if we hadn’t watched it all unfold, not knowing how it would end. Also, we don’t work on the hill but like many in DC have so many friends and colleagues who do.

Regardless, I’m attempting to make this not about the attack itself, as what’s hurtful is that they didn’t reply - not that they didn’t preemptively contact me.

I think I’m not melodramatic and if anything my therapist (when I used to see a therapist, before covid) would say I should be more open with my feelings to have more authentic relationships. So, that’s what I was trying to do here; and i didn’t get any response.