Gabriel Mizrahi

And how do I continue to love my dad while protecting myself from being the permanent scapegoat?

Signed, a gal whose patience is growing thin as she fights to fit in with this kin when they won't just check in on my apparently mortal sin.

ChatGPT should be able to mock up a winning lottery ticket, right?

You don't need to show them the ticket.

I mean, you could.

I don't care about these people.

That is too funny, dude.

Imagine making up that you are a multi-millionaire so that your family loves you and then just keeping it a secret.

The inscription on her tombstone is just the ABCs all the way down.

Do they love one another enough?

Do they respect one another enough to have a functional relationship on that plane, even if their beliefs and personalities are quite different, which is how many families operate?

I am too.

That showed you were willing to work on things.

You were willing to own your piece of this conflict.

You were not trying to be right.

I think that was worth a shot, even if it failed.

This might also involve you and your husband adjusting your expectations of your family and seeing what that's like.

You know, whether it's the expectation that they factor in your schedules the same way as everyone else or meet you with the same level of interest or that they really engage with your opinions.

None of those expectations are wrong or inappropriate.

It would be really awesome if your family could do that.