My family has had a substantial amount of tragedy this year outside of all of the political and social events.
I have lost my temper and not communicated this best with my family for which I take responsibility and am making it a priority to communicate from love moving forward.
My sisters and brother in law are asking we all have covid tests before the holidays. I said “no problem I’ll take one, but I don’t feel comfortable having my two year old son take one.”
I do not want to take one, I’m very busy trying to work, take care of myself, my home and my child, but I will. I feel I am being reasonable, but I am so afraid this will not end well.
My family tried this for Thanksgiving. We said fuck it and had our own dinner with the Lions of the family.
If they aren't shopping for a Lamborghini with a Powerball ticket that has a 0.01% chance if winning...
Then getting tested for a virus with a 99.99% survival rate seems just as absurd.
I pulled put the smoker and we had Thanksgiving. And at the end of the day they ended up at my house anyway.
You can't force your family to be brave.. you just have to do it for them. People are fucking stupid and want to be told what to do.
Courage is more contagious than the kung flu.
Thanks, I agree, the issue is I am outnumbered. I am the only "brave" one, everyone else in my family thinks i'm irresponsible and reckless. :/
They're are some other family dynamics at play. I am the least financially stable of my siblings. I make good money now, but for a long time it was touch and go, and I don't own property and they do. So this just adds to them thinking i am wrong.
I have charlatans in my family as well.
My cousin is a Democrat politician... (yeah we aren't close)
I dropped out of law school to do circus arts in Las Vegas when I was younger (I'm 40) I still see my family... but they look down on me for not following them into law.
I did what I wanted to and I'm happy. I still love them.. but fuck em.
Got to see 52 countries and 180 cities in the USA... when I'm about to die.. ill be thinking about that... not their opinions. Goodluck and Merry Christmas.
Thank you, really thank you. I sincerely appreciate it. I studied art, while my siblings studied more responsible fields. Have a nice christmas as well. My father lives in Las Vegas, I dont speak to him, but when I did I visted him a few times and also the red mountains around there. Really beautiful. :)