What's your idea of family ?

A forum somewhat similar to a certain other website might be nice.

front of us. I was always compared to my siblings, "Anthony, why dont you---- like your sister?" "Well, ---- just got a new car", "why dont you go get a better job?" I had had enough, Nothing I did was good enough. I stopped visiting with them but once every few years. I quit Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and the like. After 10 years they even stopped inviting me, thats what I wanted. I would visit my closest sister maybe twice per year, my grandparents every 2 or 3, my mom every 2 or 3 and my dad every 3 or 4 years. But you know,even after all that time each visit was no different than before, just negative....Nowadays I see my closest sister twice per month, we get along good now. my dad every 6 months or so, we just dont like each other, no hostility we just dont care for one another. My other sister I havent seen or talked to in 4 years then probably 5 or 6 before that. My brother in probably 12 years. granparents are gone and so is mom. I hadnt talked to mom in 4 or 5 years prior to her death and she