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Originally Posted by sarahsweets
Hey @theoretical when you say distant, do you mean as a way to protect yourself? Like you are actively remaining distance to avoid the discomfort of family members treating you poorly? Or do you mean distancing as in isolating and its a behavior that you dont want to have?
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In practice, "distance" means maintaining a facade of civility with my dad, as long as everything stays on the surface level. It's kinda like the "no politics / no religion" policy that a lot of public discussion places have. It'll keep a fight from breaking out, the trade-off being that you're never really going to get close to someone if you can't discuss any topic in depth.
"Too distant" would mean not evening pretending niceties anymore, ignoring his calls, etc. If I did that, he'd have a **** fit, and then I'd have to hear about it either from him or my mom or someone else in my family.