I Did Cut My Family Off
And that side of the family IS dead to me lol. That’s not an insult. Family means nothing if they’re horrific human beings.
Cutting them off actually enabled me and my half brother to develop a very close relationship since we were both the only people in that family who weren’t MAGA. Now I have a lovely relationship with my 4 beautiful nieces and all of them plus my brother's wife have a family of love and respect with me and my mom. Cutting them off was honestly one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
2 weeks ago was the first time I actually saw anyone from that side of the family in 6 years. They didn’t even tell me that my grandmother on that side died, and I was able to avoid being “nice” and told my step mom I didn’t want to talk to her and continue no contact.
Family is what, and who, you make it. And I love my family. Meanwhile gagaluv is the methed out grandma everyone has to walk on egg shells around and pretend like they love her unsalted potato salad with raisins in it at Easter.
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Sorry you have to experience being outcasted by people who should be protecting you most, I know it must be hard but if a relationship is toxic you have every right to protect yourself ♥️
my wife doesn't speak to most of her immediate family. the fact that absolute batshit moron thinks you cutting your family off is automatically indicative of you being a bad person, or in the specific case of her blog, abusive, shows just how out of touch she is. that archaic and actually abusive mindset is slowly being replaced, but the idea that blood entitles you to a relationship is actually hilarious