Hi Blue Jeans! I avoid my family a lot. We are not close at all and usually its the old boring smalltalk. Sometimes they can say things that hurt and it annoys the hell out of me, but what can I say? Not easy for people without avpd to understand why a 34 year old man is living by himself, no friends, never had a girlfriend etc. WHat is your situation? Does your family talk a lot of **** to you? If so, do you think some of this might be the reason you avoid people?