People talk about friends and lovers that change and drift apart.... [I Ramble]

But no one talks enough about family members that are so different from their own family that they drift away.
They're judged for gradually drifting away and living their own life, when in reality they just don't fit in with them -- and are often made to feel like an outsider.

You can't fit a square peg into a round hole.

At least that's been my perception...

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SW-User

Story of my life

JupiterDreams · 31-35

@SW-User 🥀 🤗

LucyFuhr · 56-60, F

They do talk about it...they just remember it differently.

I was sent to boarding school before the age of 9...to hear the rest of the fam tell it, I'm the one that chose to leave LOL

People rewrite history to suit their own narrative sometimes.

JupiterDreams · 31-35

@LucyFuhr Oh my gosh haha. But that's true too, people do sometimes rewrite things.

JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

None of us ever chose our relatives (unless we married or adopted).

So I do not think one is obligated to like them.

JupiterDreams · 31-35

@JoyfulSilence 🌺

JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

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SW-User

Pretty much me. Entire family is dysfunctional and because of it, I've just sorta sat in my own corner for pretty much all of my life. Even during family gatherings.

JupiterDreams · 31-35

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JupiterDreams · 31-35

@Kingfish1 I hope he comes around someday

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SW-User

I never thought about it that way before, but I am too much of a square for my family. They consider themselves too kewl for me.

JupiterDreams · 31-35

@SW-User Awww 🥀

SW-User

This is my mom and I with the rest of our family. I rarely see most of the rest of my family. They’re mostly just on a different wavelength.

JupiterDreams · 31-35

@SW-User It's sad... But unfortunately we can't choose the family we're born into. My family isn't the worst of the worst. But it's hard when you're more... Open-minded and want to communicate things, meanwhile they think this way is correct and I don't want to talk about it, it never happened.

If I ever have kids, I'm going to do my best to give them a loving, inclusive home.

SW-User

@JupiterDreams I am very sorry to hear that.
My mom and I were always closer with my grandfather and were hard workers and took care of each other. Most of the rest of my family is either lazy, selfish, or had substance abuse issues.

PirateMonkeyCabinet · 36-40, M

A familiar feeling. I do try to find ways to interact with them to not lose the connection, I do genuinely care about them, but it is hard when you barely have anything to connect over.

JupiterDreams · 31-35

@PirateMonkeyCabinet Likewise 🌺

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