Tired of toxic families
Hi. Growing up, I’ve had a “tight close” extended family on my moms side. My whole family is very religious (Christianity), but it’s definitely not a healthy one. I understand no one is perfect, but some people in my family are just rude AF. I have one aunt (who I’ll call Maddie), and she constantly talks crap about everyone. She’ll be nice to your face, and then call another family member to say how you’re raising your kids wrong and that you’re a terrible person. Well, personally I’m fed up with that whole side of the family. I can save more stories for another time, but now it’s gotten to a point where I’m starting to even question even my Mom. My Mom got invited to my Aunt Helen’s vacation house for Mothers Day (I’ll call her Helen for this). Helen invited her two daughters, my Mom, Maddie, and two family FRIENDS. Though, Helen didn’t invite my Aunt Jess. And it was intentional. No one can give me the reason why, but my aunt Jess has been the sweetest to everyone since marrying my Uncle, but everyone makes fun of her. She’s like the human punching bag, but she’s been nothing but respectful and compassionate to people. I asked my Mom why Jess wasn’t invited, and she just shrugged and said that friends of my other Aunts were invited and told me not to say anything to Jess. I obviously didn’t tell Jess, but my Mom got annoyed with me because I said it wasn’t right to just not invite Jess but invite all of the other mothers of the family. When we saw Jess husband, I could tell he felt hurt that his wife wasn’t invited, and I tried easing the tension by saying it truly isn’t a fun vacation without his wife. My Moms family is very immature and childish in my opinion, and I want to distance myself from them (besides Jess family). I don’t want to make the post longer than what it is, but hanging with them feels like a headache.