Is it so wrong of me not to attend our yearly family reunion tomorrow? My mom and I have decided that we are absolutely not going and my dad's a little upset with us. It's all the relatives on his side of the family anyways. I can't help but feel bad about not going especially when my dad reminds me all the time that this may be the last time that everyone's there (my grandpa and his siblings are all in their mid 80s). But I know that I would probably end up feeling worse if I did go. It's actually a long story but to make it short: we lived in a very small town for over 10 years and most of my dad's relatives lived not too far away or in the next state. Where we live it's rare to see a 'minority' (everyone's caucasian) including my dad and his relatives but my mom isn't originally from this country and well you can pretty much figure out that my sister and I get most of our looks from my mom. It's always been a struggle living in that small town and getting looks and hearing whispers from everyone including relatives. The only person that we get along okay with is my grandpa. Once we moved away from that town years ago we got to see how those people really were (don't want to get into details about that) but now the thought of most of them gets my blood boiling. Unfortunately because of my dad's job we now live close to the same area as before. My dad refuses to understand where we're coming from and he always defends his relatives. None of those relatives even like our family except for my dad and that's hardly an exaggeration (when we moved away they all said they wanted my dad to come back... alone). So, why can't I feel content with my decision not to go tomorrow?