Correct. I give a 2 minute chat with Mom on: her bday, Mother's Day, and Christmas. That's it. Not sure how many more. She's 87.
I don't speak with my 3 older siblings. I'll be forced to speak with my sister that lives with my Mom when it comes time to spread Mother's ashes. If, she let's me know.
I don't talk to a lot of people, but there's no reason I'd specifically avoid them. I lucked out, and they're pretty cool people.
More to the point, my family are the people who shaped who I am in both nature and nurture. If they weren't my family, I would not be me.
My mom and sister - Yes, they cool
My dad - He trolls liberals as a pass time and is effectively a MAGAt. No
You should troll your dad. I don't know if they sell these, but you should see if you can find a "Make Harris Great Again" hat. All red, with white text, in that same font.
Then take his MAGA hat, and in the place he put it, you place this one. See how long he takes wearing it before he figures it out.
No MAGA hat. Canadian
Which makes his support for the GoP even more ridiculous. Also makes me wonder where the fuck he's getting Fox News since it's NOT easy to get in Canada, ESPECIALLY before streaming and broadband
Your father is a weird man. Obsessed with politics of a country that he's not a part of, in support of a man who wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire. And now he's going out of his way to reach a "news network" (airquotes doing some heavy lifting on that one) that only spews a facist agenda.
Now, in contrast, I would say 100% of Americans have NO IDEA who's even running for president in Canada, or Mexico. Like......those thoughts are so far from what my brain thinks of, it's insane. Last night I was wondering which would happen first: A snail traverses an entire city, or a gallon of water evaporates in mild tempatures.
THAT thought crossed my mind long before thinking of Canadian politics. Sorry Canada, you're a great country, and I wish I lived there instead of here, but your money is monopoly colored, and your politics are irrelevant on the world stage.
Yeah. I hate that the GoP virus has infected our country
Our politics are somewhat relevant though, namely as we're between you guys and Russia
100%? That’s insulting, lol. Some Americans are informed about international politics, just not most.
It's Facebook and YouTube probably. My dad is also in Canada and obsessed with American news but he watches CNN on a loop so at least it's not the MAGA people he's supporting.
Still though, worry about your own country. We got our own issues we should be focusing on here.
That's what I would say too. I love my family and they love me, but I think had we not been related they wouldn't choose to be around me. They are rather boring people and their favorite thing to do is sit at home and do nothing. I like to do stuff and try new things. They don't.
Hell yeah. My family is weird and fun.
I play in a weekly D&D game with my dad, aunt, uncle, and cousin's husband. We all have weird craft habits.
Then I married into a massive family of very decent people. My brother in law adopted three sons before having two of his own. Several of the extended family teach or taught in public schools.
Then there's my extended family of cool people, friends I've curated over decades, most of whom have met my actual biological family.
Takes a lot before I give up on family!
Extremely lucky, especially given I'm kind of a hermit.
I read all about the epidemic of loneliness and wonder how I didn't fall into that trap.
No. I have nothing in common with any of them. If I met one from work out such I’m sure we’d be friendly but I can’t imagine more.
My mother/brother/sister, yeah - sure. My wife/daughters/son - Probably not. I look at them every day and wonder how I got so lucky.
Definitely thought that was going another way. Good for you, I'm sure they're proud of you too :)
If I somehow met my sister as like a friend of a friend, we'd get along. As for the rest of my family, I'm just waiting for them to die so I don't have to answer their phone calls anymore.
No.
We're like the random other adults you interact with sometimes, because you live near them or something. We get along when we have to talk. If it wasn't for holidays each year we never would.
They're fine people, but we don't really share any interests. I'd be unlikely I'd ever meet them.