My “family” Won’t Respect Me?
Question by Aia S: My “family” won’t respect me?
My mother and father and not in my life any more–my mom was abusive and my dad, while he’s not a bad guy, is an alcoholic and calls me about once a month for 5 minutes.
What I have left are my grandparents. They are extremely right-wing conservative christian. I am politically identified as progressive, and though they don’t know it, I left the Christian faith some time ago (if anyone posts trying to convert me, don’t bother. If I’m wrong I am content with going to your hell). I adopted my own faith, my own beliefs, and I identify as unitarian.
I started by telling them, finally, that I’m a progressive, because I couldn’t take going along with their republican rhetoric all the time. Now they get into this long argument with me every time I talk to them about how my favored political candidate is bad and wrong and I’m destroying the country, etc. They tell me “be careful what you believe.” They try to force me to debate them, and I really don’t want to! I try to tell them that.
They just won’t let up, and I haven’t even told them that I’m a unitarian (which would drive them crazy, because the other thing they do every time they call is ask me to go to church, and that non-christians are bad people). I’m sick of it. What should I do with them? I hate not being able to just be myself and not be interrogated about it. I’m glad they’re Christian, that’s good for them! It’s fine they’re republican! It’s just NOT RIGHT FOR ME!
… I’m married…
I don’t live with them.
I almost have my degree at college. They’re my family. Should I just never talk to the family that I have left?
I MOVED OUT ON MY OWN WHEN I WAS 15, GEEZE! Again… married?! I do whatever the hell I want, it’s a matter of being ACCEPTED by the remainder of people who are supposed to be my “family!”
Best answer:
Answer by Vanesa S
move out
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