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It's good to hear someone else's take on it, and to know I'm not the only one who feels rejected by this attitude.
I was so loved and accepted as a little kid, that it never occurred to me that there was something I could do that would make my family not want to see me. On a miniscule scale, I kind of feel like I understand what it would be like to be the only gay person in a family, or to be the black sheep in some other way. And all I've done is live a state away and own two dogs.
Although to be honest, I know that no matter how my siblings had turned out, I would never have treated them this way. I don't care if they had been serial killers, I'd have still gone to visit them in prison, and taken my kids to visit their aunt or uncle. It would have to be a pretty indecent environment for me to refuse to visit a sibling...almost unimaginably indecent. So it's tough to accept that she doesn't feel the same way about me.
I was so loved and accepted as a little kid, that it never occurred to me that there was something I could do that would make my family not want to see me. On a miniscule scale, I kind of feel like I understand what it would be like to be the only gay person in a family, or to be the black sheep in some other way. And all I've done is live a state away and own two dogs.
Although to be honest, I know that no matter how my siblings had turned out, I would never have treated them this way. I don't care if they had been serial killers, I'd have still gone to visit them in prison, and taken my kids to visit their aunt or uncle. It would have to be a pretty indecent environment for me to refuse to visit a sibling...almost unimaginably indecent. So it's tough to accept that she doesn't feel the same way about me.