Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/well-pretty-sure-me-and-my-family-are-done.1031589/

So, to start, my mental health has not been in a good place for a while now. I worked in a very high stress environment, so after four years my body is in constant fight or flight mode. So....I dug heavily into re-electing Biden, then Harris. Well....we all know how that has now ended.

So...now my family. My parents and brother have been on the MAGA train since the early days. My mom always says she doesn't follow politics, but somehow always agreed with Trump and "questioned" the other side and their decisions. So after 2016, it's been almost a decade of mentally preparing myself to be around them. The conversation always turned to Trump, or against Biden, Clinton, whoever. So, couple that with my current mental health and I just don't have it in me to be there mentally.

So, the good news is I have a new position to hopefully get my mental health in a better state. But, it's not an immediate change. My mom made a post on Wednesday about how we all need to "come together and accept the outcome". My wife said that it's going to be difficult, because our 10 year old daughter has direct affects from this decision. She pulled the post, and I didn't hear from her until today.

Now, to be clear, I'm the one who brought it up. She called to just catch up. But I just started the vent.....about the election, my daughter, hell my job as a federal employee that could go awayz their social security. She did what she always does, went into the religion talk and I, again, in the wrong told her it's not fantasy. It's reality and this stuff is coming. She got upset, and had to take a call from my dad.

I ended up calling her back to try and level set. It started OK, until she stated about Harris "deciding to be black". I ....well....went in. She started crying and my wife interjected and said we both need to walk away and have a conversation when emotion wasn't high. We hung up .....then my brother text.

Now my brother is arguably the most selfish person I know. He's been this way his whole life. My relationship with him went sour when I bought my first home and he didn't even show. When I brought it up to him, he told me that I'm not his priority (this was right after Trump was elected the first time). So to me....that was it. So he text me telling me to "knock it off and just accept the results. Stop being a shitty son and making Mom cry". I told him that first off, it's none of his business, he said it is. I told him that yeah ....should have had that conversation at a different time, but he really should not be casting stones when he's done nothing but be a prick to the family for years, and that he has zero relationship with my daughter. He told me that's my problem because he tried to be a good uncle. I told him that no.....he's taken no effort. I then went into what he told me years back and that is what did the divide. He said "good job causing this" and that when Trump lost they didn't do this. I told him that's bullshit, all they did was talk shit about the Dems. But again, that's not the convo. My convo and opinion is how he's behaving. His response "well I guess we will talk in four years". I told him, look, he doesn't know my life. It's been incredibly stressful.

I then sent a text to my mom, dad, brother telling them we all need to sit down and talk this out. So.....who knows. I'm sure my parents will, but I'm pretty sure my relationship with my brother is done.

Thanks for reading.

Reminds me of this one Ree user who held a grudge to a deceased sibling over a fucking USB cable.