Thank you all for your kind replies.

I do still live with my family, though I'll be moving out this fall, a day I look forward to very much. I am the first in the family to abandon the faith.

My older sister is currently doing mission work and my closest younger sister is extremely 'into' her faith- which,of course, makes me look really good. They have not shunned me or 'disowned' me in any way, it is just always this discordance between us.

I have not yet drawn that "line in the sand" so to speak. I have been away from the Church for two years and only very recently has my family begun to take it seriously. I do not discuss anything with them unless I absolutely have to. Lines of communication between us were closed long ago. I am very nearly eighteen and I am seriously contemplating writing them a letter (I find it extremely difficult to express things out loud) explaining that I am no longer catholic and that while I respect thier beliefs, I also very much desire for them to respect mine also.

I know that they will always say that they love me, but that they will constantly be trying to change me and never accept me for who I am, which hurts very much.