Is it wrong i sometimes wish i could sever contact with most of my family?

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To put it more bluntly: I wish I could just abandon my family as soon as I move out. Not ENTIRELY, if for whatever reason they desperately need my help I’ll help them, but for the most part I’m just tired of them and want to live my life how I want to live it with NO outside interference!

For some background: I’m a boy who lives with two older sisters, my mom, my grandma, and an annoying AF puppy. My dad died when I was a baby and my grandpa a year ago. The only extended family I ever come into contact to are my cousins, and I usually only see them about once a year. Beyond that I don’t recognize anyone and usually have no idea who anyone is talking about when they mention them.

My grandma I’m not very close to, but she mostly stays in her room all day and I don’t mind her. I’m very close to my mother, but she has a very pessimistic attitude and sometimes I feel she’s just as fed up with my sisters as I am. My sisters can be enjoyable at times, they’re not mean, but they really get on my nerves at times. Sometimes I think it would be easier if they DID hate me, then I wouldn’t be getting guilt tripped all the time!

But overall my ideals and morals are pretty far from what they raised me with, and they would probably lose it if they knew HALF of the things I’ve said and done regarding their religion and what I now believe. I wish it could be like in a tv show, one season has all these characters, then in the next one completely new ones, maybe the old ones can come back for a cameo or a special guest appearance, but they’re no longer a permanent staple in the show.

I’m sorry if this just came off as a whiny rant but I really needed to get this all off my chest.

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  • Jimbo24
    4 years ago

    That's normal. You're growing up. And part of growing up means you want your independence, fly with your own wings. Doesn't mean you'll have to sever contact entirely, just that you want to live separately and see them only once in a while.

    But the bigger question isn't whether you want to get away or not, but whether you CAN. If you can't afford your own place, then all of this is moot. And you're gonna have to stay with them whether you want it or not.

    So yeah, the feeling is normal. But if you want to ever act on it, then you better start making that cash and saving it.

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  • cupcake_wants
    4 years ago

    You just need to move out and get on your own so you won't be around them as much. You didn't need me to tell you that, though..

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  • Doesnormalmatter
    4 years ago

    This is not me for all you hooligans out there who think everyother post is mine.

    I can relate, OP. I'm in college now but I still stay home over the summers and my religious family would kill me if they knew half the shit I have done, said thought ect.

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  • Clunk42
    4 years ago

    Darn it! I put no when I meant yes.

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