Tisha,
This is why I drew a husband to me who is my tormenter.
Me too. I always seemed to get abusers, must have had 'victim' printed on my head.
No more though.

How I used to hate those 'family gatherings' I felt lonely, forgotten, ridiculed and patronized at those gatherings. I think I was only asked so they had someone to ignore and dump on. I remember feeling awkward, hearing the occasional snigger or snide remark.
Oh, and we always had a photo shoot, ya know the 'perfect family' pictures. Smile, smile, smile everyone!

And then I was meant to be sooo grateful that they been so kind and generious to ask me. Ugh. I never wanted to go, but did anyway. Look back and wish I'd broken away from them years earlier.