family

[mundanemage]

Family can be the greatest thing in the world.  There to support you and help you become a better person.  They care about you and and offer help when......  F*** this.  This is a rant about the stupidity and ignorance that my family lives in and uses to try to protect themselves from the truth

Comments

[nephadia]

I think this is something we all have to face sooner or later. Most of us have something we don't discuss at least with our parents if not the whole family, or haven't until recently. However the more we see of the world, and the more we deal with it on our own, the more likely we are to start giving our own opinions, and backing them. Even to our families. It's not an easy step to take, and it usually has negative repercussions, but there are usually positive ones too, they just take longer to materialize. Some people may stop asking your opinions because they will not want to hear them, while others may *start* asking for them, because they will start to see you as a more mature, well-thought-out individual with valid ideas to add to the conversation.

Regardless of who takes it which way, it is always better to know your mind, and be truthful than to lose yourself by trying to please everyone else.

[miss_shelley_p]

So in the middle of my wedding...

O_o

Did I miss something?

[mundanemage]

Back when Melinda and I got married. My niece was the 105 lb 5' 10" blonde in the red dress with a slit to the top of the hip, half low cut top, and knee high pleather boots. I didn't notice what she was wearing at first because I only saw my niece. Then one of the guys asking me who the chick was with a sexual desire swimming through his words. When I looked at the girl he was pointing at I suddenly stopped seeing my little 16 year niece who I watch grow up from birth. All I could see was her outfit and the body that was arousing they guys in the room.

[miss_shelley_p]

ah. i read it a few times and had trouble determining the time line.

i was kind of "what?!!? did i miss a wedding?!?!"

[xanthvamp]

I'm so sorry honey. I know it was a bad situation then, and the fact that it upset her that much NOW prolly means something, as far as avoidence and her daughter growing up. *hugs*

Take care, good luck, and I'm here for you. I do have some experience in dealing with them ;).

[mundanemage]

Thanks. I guess that is my family for ya. Heaven forbid someone speaks their mind openly to the person it involves. But I also don't have a lot of sympathy for my family any more. So I guess I've change a lot too. We just have to see what happens.