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Originally Posted by Sarah
And with the whole family being southern Baptist... yeah. I kind of just sit there, act like I'm listening, and try to cover up the fact that I am trembling and shuddering with nervousness and anxiety. Blah. But I will say it again that my parents are really great. We've had our clashes and aren't very, very close.. but I'm not a warm person anyway. I always wish that I was.. but I just can't bring myself to hug or say I love you. I don't really know why.
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My moms side of the family (her moms side) were all southern baptists also. That's why my grandmother and I never got along, because I'm tattood and pierced, and had a child out of wedlock. When my husband passed, she came, was pissed off because I didn't bury him in a suit and tie, and had a closed casket, and left the day before the actual funeral. That was it for me. The only reason I had contact with them after that was for my mothers sake. She even went so far as to tell the rest of the family (down south) not to send flowers... I didn't need them.
Sarah, there's nothing wrong with being distant with your family. If you don't get along with them, you just don't.