My relatives are going to visit me for Christmas. To be honest, I'm not looking forward to it. Despite spending 18+ years knowing them and spending time with them, we have almost nothing in common outside of a couple of hobbies (dad). I'm not a fan of being stuck with people that I don't have an emotional connection with (just ask my ex-roommates). I have gratitude that my parents took care of me, but I never thought of them as people that I can talk to about everything (unlike my current group of friends), and it feels like they don't know much about me (faking my emotions didn't help), so they're kind of a reminder of how I used to be before doing some real self discovery and embracing everything I really am and part of what I've always been, and I absolutely HATE who I used to be.