I was triggered the other night and although i don't regret my response, it was definitely my emotionally charged state that caused me to do this.

I won't get into the details but my 20 yr old daughter was pregnant. She was considering abortion at the time and while I'd always respect whatever decision she made I wanted her to be sure of her decision before doing so. My sister had one many years ago and I thought maybe she would be a good person to give some perspective on it.

Well very quickly a little background too. I don't talk to my family normally because I already know I'm an outcast and they don't give a rat's butt about my life but i thought this was a significant enough reason to talk to her. I'm disappointed in her reply although I am not one bit surprised.

She said literally "I'll talk to [my daughter], but please refrain from sharing any of my life with anyone without my permission in the future" Of course this is not just anyone, but my daughter, her neice. She probably already knew about this before I even said anything to her. The arrogance just totally blew me away. no "what's going on? How is she? " or any inkling of concern about my child, only concern for her own face and possible blemish on her, albeit fake, pristine image.

I responded and ended it like this:
"Well I'd say sorry but I'm more offended than anything. Thought maybe this was the case when it would be important enough that you'd put your own [expletive]ing pride aside. Don't worry you'll never hear from me again. Don't bother emailing back, you won't get another reply.

Your (former) brother"

Extreme? on the surface yes but I was fuming. If you looked deeper at what I'd been through with my family you'd know this was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Dealing with fake people has been the cause of many of my problems so this was just the last time.

Sorry I ranted so long.