How do you guys get along with your family? Me and my wife are both different flavors of leftists, but generally agree. My family are retarded "both sides are evil" types, but then will proceed to say the most racist thing imaginable, then act like it wasn't actually racist and you're sensitive for calling them out. The other day my mom said "glad we're getting a new 7 eleven in town, now we don't have to go to that nasty mexican 7 eleven. What do I mean by that? Nothing I'm cool with the mexicans, their fine, but now I don't have to go their nasty 7 eleven". The 7 eleven is perfectly fine, clean, the employees are nice AND its closer, the only negative factor about it in her eyes is the mexicans. Also my dad two weeks ago "fucking squirrel darted out in front of me driving, probably because it was a black squirrel, acting just like black people do and chimping out, can't control themselves".
My wifes family are supposedly libertarians with a bunch of gay ass don't tread on me flags, but her mom and step dad will post shit on facebook like "all this turmoil would go away if we just pray harder, or everyone turned to GOD" and her grandparents won't shut the fuck up about "reviving the south" (reviving it to what….?) and how they should be proud of their flag.
My family actually packed up and moved closer to me after not seeing them for 5 years, about six months ago and I'm sorely wishing they hadn't. Me and my wife feel semi bad about it, but we're scrounging every dime together to make a cross country move when our lease is up next year.
>>678330So nearly as bad as mine.
I went 5 years without seeing them face to face, and I'm longing for those days again.
>>678331My parents are in their 60s now, and pretty much utterly broke and both still work full time, so I suspect within a decade they'll end up reliant on me and my brother even though we are by no means well-off.
And even though their my parents, I'm extremely hesitant about taking care of them financially given how objectively shitty they are.