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Originally Posted by crackprogram
alas, my mom lives in Arizona with her other "family" I spent christmas with my Aunt and uncle, and my dad's side of the family. This being the aunt and uncle that raised me since I was 14. My dad was out of town, he took my half brother to texas to visit his grandfather. I just really felt like an outcast, being so alone, like I wasn't the most important person to anyone. I think everyone needs that sometimes.
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That is rough. So your mom's elsewhere with her own new family, your dad sounds like he remarried also and has another family, and the aunts and uncles and cousins seem like they consider you a relative, but not "family."
I don't want to be negative, but if you are reaching out to all these blood relatives and not getting much reaching back, it might be time to make your own "family:" I don't mean necessarily that you should get married and start pumping out babies, but maybe you should find your own group of friends to celebrate the holidays with -- go out together, have them over, whatever. Your real relatives are not necessarily the ones you're born with, you know.
A good friend of mine and his wife go over every year and have Christmas eve with her weird relatives, just to confirm the ties, then celebrate the actual Christmas day at their own place and invite over friends for dinner, especially ones that don't have their own families around. It's a cool scene.