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Every family has one. The aunt or uncle or grandparent or in-law who is not only stuck in the 1950s but thinks their judgmental, offensive opinions are worth airing. Some families are unfortunate enough to have a bunch of them.

If you're one who's had to deal with these types at the dinner table, gather 'round because this story is for you.

Like many of us, 18-year-old Charlie, who's bisexual, spent Easter with some family members she probably wouldn't otherwise be friends with. Specifically one Aunt Marie, who's so homophobic she apparently didn't see the problem with calling her niece a "faggot" right to her face.

Charlie took to Twitter to vent about it to her friends.


I got into a fight w my auntie and she said "at least I don't have to worry about my kid being a f*ggot like your mum does" — charlie (@maggiegIenn) April 2, 2016

Nice.

Not only did Aunt Marie hurl this nastiness at Charlie's face, afterwards she had the gall to blame her for being too "sensitive" with the weirdest faux-olive branch text the world has possibly ever seen.

oh my god is she fucking SERIOUS I'm about to lose my shit pic.twitter.com/R0RnbGYy2f — charlie (@maggiegIenn) April 2, 2016

I can count eight consecutive insults in the one text message that Aunt Marie has tried to disguise as a peace offering. That's impressive!



Well this time, Charlie wasn't accepting her aunt's "help" or letting it go. Channelling the leftover energies of all other oppressed queer teens' l'esprit d'escalier combined, she sent back the following retort:

And the internet could not get enough.

Aunt Marie even got her own parody account. In the interest of balance, this is what she has to say for herself: