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⌈ Secret Post #2379 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Dysfunctional families

[(Anonymous)]

I dislike them because most of them are constantly tearing each other down with little to no positive moments in between, but we're still expected to believe they're very important to each other.

Re: Dysfunctional families

[making_excuses]

Well that happens in real life too! My father has never said he loves me, my step mother constantly judges my decisions, my mother spends half her life making my life harder, my aunt likes me one moments and hates me the next for no apparent reason, one of my uncles just got a new kid and they did not tell me, but still they are important to me, I would do everything in my power to protect them and I love them all very much.

And I know without a doubt that every member of my family loves and cares about me, and will be there for me no matter what. We just don't show it, so for me it is believable to see families constantly tearing each other down, but still love each other, even if they never say the words. What weirds me out is "normal families" I don't get that family gets along and are supportive constantly and stuff like that, that is more a fairy tale than reality in my world.

Re: Dysfunctional families

[(Anonymous)]

We're "supposed to believe" it because it actually DOES happen in real life. A lot.


If your family is so perfect that you can't fathom loving a family and totally not getting along with them at the same time...well, all I can say is lucky you. Quite a few people are only lucky enough to love their families, not lucky enough to both love them and get along with them. And guess what? We still count ourselves far luckier than those who neither love nor get along with their families.

So y'know. Shoes. Walking a mile in other peoples'. Don't dismiss them until you know what it's like.

Re: Dysfunctional families

[(Anonymous)]

My family is far from perfect. My family's dysfunction has led to it falling apart, which is why I can't understand why these fictional families would stick together despite making each other miserable.

Re: Dysfunctional families

[(Anonymous)]

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One of my parents was constantly horrible to me and tore me down and intimidated me all the time, and I have practically no positive memories of interacting with him. I fucking hate him and would be just as happy never to clap eyes on him again. That's why *I* find the families AYRT describes to be unrealistic, because I can't fathom feeling any sort of filial devotion for anyone who treated me that way.

Re: Dysfunctional families

[(Anonymous)]

First anon here. Glad it's not just me. I believe it if people say it's really happened to them, but I don't understand it. I couldn't get out fast enough.

Re: Dysfunctional families

[intrigueing]

Uh....That's because IRL, a lot of families who are dysfunctional and constantly fight ARE very important to each other.

IDGI, are you saying stuff that actually happens IRL all the time is not believable in fiction or something?

Re: Dysfunctional families

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I get that. My family is pretty dysfunctional but we don't constantly fight and tear each other down. Well, we did when all of us kids were kids and teenagers but now that we're all adults we handle things like proper dysfunctional adults: Ignore Deny Pretend Everything is Fine