no nitpicks here - sorry
just sad little mmhmms (or ramblings more like it). my apologies in advance for what follows...
I can relate.
Well sort of.
So I guess this would be two weird examples of the same thing)...
My ex's family was so damned disfunctional in how they interacted. I mean weirdly and sadly disfunctional (and not that I didn't have any of my own, disfunction; this just went beyond)...
I hated my bro in law.... hated. I have never disliked a human being more than he (which is a long ass story in itself).
He used to throw at me: but you are family, you are supposed to love me.
so not...
I did not like him; at all. And in my mind, maybe blood would have allowed me to love and not like... my excuse was, I just married into it. I really had no ties, nor wanted them - ever.
I can also turn this around and say the ex loved me yet didn't like me....
which was a strange thing when I finally recognized it. Somehow, that liking part was much more important - at least there was a connection.
ah i know this feeling a little too well....the whole just because i love you doesn't mean i have to like you situation with family. it's sad to know that your own family can get you to a point of only loving them just because they are your family.
i spose for a little nitpicking, i'm not too fond of the format for the first two stanzas. but i also think it wouldn't be just an easy fix either, because the longer sentences make better impacts as being one sentence rather than chopping it up. so i dont know what to give ya on that one.
sorry that you're feeling this way about your sister Ry...hope your situation gets better
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