I can relate to how you feel, Michele.

I've discovered that the best way that I get along with my family is to not be around them at all...lol...sad, but true. Yet, the gossip continues, but...at least I'm not directly subjected to it. They can think and say whatever they like. So long as I know what the truth is, that's all that matters to me, (and the fact that I keep my daughter away from that mass of messed up relations).

I love my family, but I am SO different from them all..I can't stand being around them.
They are a group of arrogant hypocrites who think only their opinion is the right one.. can't see past their own egos.. measure success to the amount of money you earn.. judge one's beauty by their exterior, (which blows me away cuz all of them are nothing to stop in your tracks for to catch a second look...lol). And they're all so negative....ewww. (Just recently, was looking over some past family photos, and Kristian pointed out to me how no one in my family smiles. My daughter and I were the only ones radiating "life"). Once he pointed that out to me, I was compelled to look at more pics...and he's right...My family, the Darkclouds...lmao.

Keep true to yourself, Michele, (as I know you do, despite the pain of it all).

Mary