Families can be shit too! Families can also be abusive, cruel, unsupportive, narcissistic, I could keep going.
I have the most abusive and cruel brother, I’ve been NC for 3 years with him after I decided I had enough. He has a son who I haven’t met because I don’t want to be anywhere near my brother. I’m so tired of hearing people saying “but he’s your nephew”. Yes I know! I know he is, and in another lifetime I would’ve loved being a big part of his life, but being part of his life is being part of my brothers life.
So many times I’ve read here “but she’s your sister” “but she’s your mother”, that’s not excuse to tolerate horrible behaviour!
Yes of course, family is so important and beautiful when said family is supportive, loving, caring. But when it’s not it feels awful to hear you should tolerate being treated like shit just cause “its your family”.
So with Christmas around the corner, just wanted to say to whoever needs to hear this, (shit) family is not more important than your worth and your mental health and if you need to remove yourself from harmful situations do so despite the “but he is your brother”.
And to those of you saying that, stop enabling abusive behaviour!