Is it normal that i would be happy if i never talked to my family again.

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So I have a fairly big family on my mothers side, 3 uncles/aunts, 8 cousins and of course grandma and grandpa. To be honest I can't stand any of them, pretty much to the point of hate when it comes to that side of the family. It also doesn't help the I'm a liberal in a family of crazy, hateful and uneducated conservatives. They all watch Fox News 24/7 and it's just disgusting that I can come from people that watch such trash. I try to explain things to them using facts and the just don't understand because it goes against what they are being brainwashed to think.

I think the worst thing that just set me over the edge was my brothers (gay) wedding. They all RSVP'd to the wedding, over $1,000 being spent on those people and going to waste, and every last one of the called to say they won't be showing up. I'm sure they took a stand together to make a statement that they refuse to accept my brothers sexuality. I'm just disgusted by this family. To be honest I have never liked any of them and if they all died tomorrow I'd be relieved instead of sad. My mom says that family is forever but being blood related to a person does not mean a thing to me. I don't think I should be obligated to talk to people I don't like just because they are family.

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  • pixie44
    9 years ago

    I feel the same exact way. One side of my family is exactly like this. They are so opinionated and brainwashed. They all think they are the superior race like they are some kind of god. They will always talk about how much other races and gay people gross them out. My dad even once told me "If you end up being gay i would disown you as my daughter." In a public place. I'm straight but this still infuriates me like why are they so fucking crazy?

    ** also i would like to add that he told me if i dated a "colored" person he would also disown me and beat the guys ass.

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    • wanderlust
      9 years ago

      My family is extremely racist but would NEVER admit it. For example, they claim Obama (whether you like him or not) to be a Socialist and a tyrant, but they would never complain about a republican doing the exact same thing. When I did something so simple as asking my Grandpa to define socialist he just looked at me with a blank stare and couldn't do it. He got really worked up and said that just because I'm educated does not mean I know how the world works or that I'm smarter than him. He doesn't even know what he's accusing someone to be. He's just regurgitating what the worst news source on this Earth is telling him. Of course he just goes along with it because yes he is racist. It honestly pains me how foolish they are.

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    • wanderlust
      9 years ago

      And what you're dad said is just plain disgusting, I am so sorry. At least you didn't turn out like that. But I have to admit ignorance would be bliss. Being smart and logical is a somewhat depressing experience especially being surrounded by those types of people.

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      • pixie44
        9 years ago

        I'm not the smartest person but i mean my family is so fucking annoying and its like whatever facts you give them goes in one ear and out the other. And what's even worse is they are christian. hahaha Like how can you sit there and judge people? They may go to church but they are not saints. And in the bible it clearly states that ONLY God can judge, and that we are not aloud to judge someone based on their sins because everybody sins.

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  • WhiteStallion
    9 years ago

    Racism is rampant in my family and they love making jokes most of the time but I always express my opinion to them and that's all that matters to me. I educated them, now they can choose to believe or not. We choose how we want to live and even though I seldom agree with them I manage to get past these things and we talk about things which are common to us because if I can't make friends with my own family, to me, all my other efforts are useless...

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  • wistfulmaiden
    9 years ago

    A lot of people hate their families so I think its pretty normal. Just don't bother with the ones you don't like.
    My boyfriend has relatives like that, super Republicans. They even broke away from their Lutheren Church(where the aunt worked for years) because it started accepting gay people. They started a church in their basement but nobody showed up.

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  • Eclipsea
    9 years ago

    This is why I love the saying "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." I have always considered my chosen family more important than my 'real' family; I have never felt welcomed at family gatherings and always worried about everything I was doing wrong. I was shy as a child and they all made me feel like I was an awful person because of it. Thankfully they're not racists or homophobic, but family should treat each other like family, and not put them down to the point they're depressed. And when I was depressed and suicidal, none of them ever reached out to me. Still none of them even so much as talk to me even though most of us live within 10 miles of each other. This is why I typically refuse to go to most of the family gatherings, and feel no remorse over it. :)

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  • Ellenna
    9 years ago

    Stay away from them: life's too short to bang yr head on brick walls, why bother?

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  • flightlesskiwi
    9 years ago

    Totally normal. I don't like most of my family either. They all pretend they like each other when in reality they don't. I just keep my distance from them.

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