\u201cMy sister preps a huge bowl of tuna salad and keeps it for 1 week. I usually won\u2019t touch it after day 3. How long is tuna salad safe in the fridge?\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s how the conversation started. Just an innocent question over text from me to my sister, Peregrine. She\u2019d always been the meticulous one\u2014labeling leftovers, freezing soup in perfect portions, lining up the pantry like a grocery store shelf. I was the opposite. I lived with a foot out the door, never sure where I\u2019d end up on a Friday night. But we\u2019d been living together for the past six months since I\u2019d lost my job at the advertising firm.<\/p>\n
Peregrine was patient. She never nagged me about rent or chores, just quietly cleaned up my messes, both literal and emotional. We didn\u2019t talk much about why I was still jobless or what I was doing to change that. I pretended I was fine. She pretended she believed me.<\/p>\n
When I texted about the tuna salad, she responded right away: \u201cTechnically 3-5 days, but if it smells off, toss it.\u201d Then she added, \u201cAre you okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost told her the truth. That I\u2019d spent the last three days sitting on the couch, rewatching old basketball games, feeling too embarrassed to send out my resume. But I couldn\u2019t bring myself to type it out. I just replied with a thumbs-up emoji.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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