personally i've never felt close to any of my family members, parents included
when people talk about hanging out with their family and making it their main reason to continue living, i can see it from a logical point of view as to why they do (having consistent, caring parents who actually gave a shit about your development, involving their lives around you) so of course they have great attachment to them
as to mine however, it's a bit less affectionate
i moved away from my native country when i was one so i only had consistent contact with my parents and sister, however my parents constantly fought and separated about 3-4 times, before finally divorcing when i was 12
i struggle to remember a lot about my upbringing, but i can summarise my direct family in this sense
my father was pretty aloof and not engaged with me at all, legit the only things i can remember is him letting him drive his car one time when i was 16 and helping me with homework a couple times, he gave child support and hung out with me at weekends for like a few hours, but i was essentially tagging along to chores and people he had to meet for business purposes/collecting shit and my mother who pretty much raised me was a narcy bitch who lost her shit like once a week, and had mood changes from the smallest things and always ranted on about "teaching me life" and "my parents did this (usually beatings) when you did this, consider yourself lucky you ungrateful rat"
i had probably hundreds of arguments and shouting matches with my mother over SNCA, and i had always seen her treat strangers a lot better than i did, people always said that i was so lucky to have a mother like her which always gave me whiplash
my sister, however i feel a bit guilty about considering i don't know much about her, apart from her failing education and sometimes did hard drugs to cope with her life circumstances and was raised with me, tho i never actually bonded with her a lot like a brother usually would
as for my extended family members, i barely knew anything about my grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins etc. though i sometimes think about the life i could've had chilling with my male cousins and just enjoying my youth with my family playing minecraft and whatever
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