You know when your boyfriend breaks up with you, then a week later you see pictures of him having the time of his life while on vacation with a new girl he somehow found so quickly, meanwhle you’re still a mess watching Netflix in bed?
Is it bad that I”m comparing that situation to what it has felt like since Obama has left us?
While Obama has been enjoying a (most definitely deserved) tropical vacation, we’ve been trapped with a new dictator and his many puppets, dreadfully waiting for what oppresive move they’ll make next.
Losing his prescence of power in D.C. has been tough, probably tougher than it was to accept the loss of any boy that I can remember to be completely honest.
It’s been said that there are 5 total stages of grief following learning how to live with the one we lost, so I hereby give you the 5 Stages of Post Obama Administration grief:
1) Denial
“It’s okay it’s only a little break and then he’ll come back to DC and realize how much we need him and everything will be back to normal”
2) Anger
“Ok but it’s literally so selfish that he gets to escape the country and have agood time while I’m stuck here wallowing this is so unfair”
3) Bargaining
“I promise I’ll call my Senators Congressmen/women every day and become a much more politically engaged citizen and never take Democracy for granted again if you just come back and take back the White House!”
4) Depression
“Nothing will ever be the same. What if Trump gets elected for another term? What if the Democrats never regain control? I’m never going to be able to get a job once I graduate becasue the Presidency is trying to defund all the non-profits I want to work for. I”ll never get to see a video of Joe Biden and Barack galavanting around the White House again”
5) Acceptance
“Even if he’s not the President, he still holds a lot of power. And he’s starting a foundation, I could try to work with that. We had a great 8 years and he really changed us all for the better and made us more passionate citizens ready to resist”