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

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.