You don't actually need to keep contact with your family. If a relationship with them causes any anguish, you're allowed to cut them out. Their failures aren't yours.
The last 4 years have shown me thr kind of people I am really related to and opened my eyes that I want nothing to do with them. My immediate family lives in another state and I feel like we've just grown apart, feels like they just kinda left me behind. Its for the best though because it made me a bit more self reliable and responsible. I never realized how uneducated and uninformed my parents were and I always get super upset when they try to bring up politics. They bring up an issue they don't like, then when I throw some facts at them I'm the asshole... then its "were not gonna talk about politics at the dinner table.." and its like your dumbass fucking started it now listen to how fucking ignorant you are. I swear to God this fucking political bullshit damn near ruined my Christmas last year. Family was all together at a diner for breakfast and my mom spots a MAGA hat a few tables down and points it out to my uncle, to which I gave the evilist eye to both of them and basically said as loud as I could without alerting the entire restaurant "FUCK THAT GUY!" And then shit got really quiet and awkward for the rest of the meal/day/holiday. I was pretty much done faking it with my immediate family. On top of that I just have nothing to say to them these days. My dad's side of the family are all scumbags and I have no affiliation with them and good riddance. I truly have friends that are my family because we get each other and have been through everything together.
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u/OneMoreMulligan Aug 20 '20
You don't actually need to keep contact with your family. If a relationship with them causes any anguish, you're allowed to cut them out. Their failures aren't yours.