My family IS my family and I don’t.
Correct. I give a 2 minute chat with Mom on: her bday, Mother’s Day, and Christmas. That’s it. Not sure how many more. She’s 87.
I don’t speak with my 3 older siblings. I’ll be forced to speak with my sister that lives with my Mom when it comes time to spread Mother’s ashes. If, she let’s me know.
I don’t talk to a lot of people, but there’s no reason I’d specifically avoid them. I lucked out, and they’re pretty cool people.
More to the point, my family are the people who shaped who I am in both nature and nurture. If they weren’t my family, I would not be me.
If my family weren’t my family, they wouldn’t talk to me…
That’s what I would say too. I love my family and they love me, but I think had we not been related they wouldn’t choose to be around me. They are rather boring people and their favorite thing to do is sit at home and do nothing. I like to do stuff and try new things. They don’t.
Spot on.
Hell yeah. My family is weird and fun.
I play in a weekly D&D game with my dad, aunt, uncle, and cousin’s husband. We all have weird craft habits.
Then I married into a massive family of very decent people. My brother in law adopted three sons before having two of his own. Several of the extended family teach or taught in public schools.
Then there’s my extended family of cool people, friends I’ve curated over decades, most of whom have met my actual biological family.
Takes a lot before I give up on family!
This is awesome. I’m glad you lucked out like that.
Extremely lucky, especially given I’m kind of a hermit.
I read all about the epidemic of loneliness and wonder how I didn’t fall into that trap.
Nope, they’re mostly selfish assholes in my family
My mother/brother/sister, yeah - sure. My wife/daughters/son - Probably not. I look at them every day and wonder how I got so lucky.
Definitely thought that was going another way. Good for you, I’m sure they’re proud of you too :)
No. I have nothing in common with any of them. If I met one from work out such I’m sure we’d be friendly but I can’t imagine more.
Probably not. I mean, husband yes, but otherwise I doubt it.
Nope.
they are ultra religious, i am agnostic, not fun, would avoid
If I somehow met my sister as like a friend of a friend, we’d get along. As for the rest of my family, I’m just waiting for them to die so I don’t have to answer their phone calls anymore.
I live with my family and don’t talk to them.
Not a chance
No.
We’re like the random other adults you interact with sometimes, because you live near them or something. We get along when we have to talk. If it wasn’t for holidays each year we never would.
No and I’m already to that point.
It’s just my two older brothers that are left. One is a narcissist and not worth my time. The other is a rabid Gravy SEAL who would rather have Kyle Shittenhouse as his brother than me.
It’s not just politics that separates me from them, there is a lot of family history of disrespect and attempted abuse.
