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We've established a friendship in court (yes, for real), but only right after he sat next to and introduced himself to my mom. He's 24 years old, and I'm 22, so we are close in age. He has a military background and he is all about God and America. He seems to be really conservative. Me personally, I'm more libertarian (not liberal, because there is a difference between the two... I'll explain below).

Libertarian- an advocate or supporter of a political philosophy that advocates only minimal state intervention in the free market and the private lives of citizens.
Liberal- a supporter of policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare.
Conservative- a person favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.

If anything I lean closer to "conservative" than "liberal". Being religious myself pushes me personally even more to the right.

Anyway back to the topic, we went to the gym for some of the first few weeks since we have started our friendship. Sometimes when he is late to the gym or he doesn't even arrive at all, he'll say sorry he's f*cked up, he's drunk, etc. I don't drink, but he does.

Three weeks ago on Sunday, he promised he would text me Tuesday to see if I have recovered. But he didn't text me on Tuesday. I texted him on Thursday asking him "how you doin?", I miss you bud, when you free to meet up?


After talks with my therapist and my case manager, I have decided to send him even more texts. I said, "Hey man, wanna come work out?" Instantly, he texted me saying hey man just got my phone back online over the bills. I told him basically that it sucks and asked him again when he's free to meet up. He said to let him deal with "(his) crap first" and he would see me "next week". He literally sent me subsequent texts discussing his bills and he said he would discuss "some family BS" in person.

The last text I received from him was June 7th. Today is June 20th and I still have yet to see this guy.

My parents and I moved to Texas from Connecticut in 2018 and we're now able to see family much more regularly. I've grown tired of it though as there's no chemistry between me and them most of the time. My cousin and her husband and kids, I have good chemistry with and we can talk for hours. But my immediate family, all they want to do is sit and listen to horrible music from the 70s and get hammered drunk.

It's also a 90 minute drive to get to where they live and when I arrive, it's like I'm a ghost, they just want me there for the sake of being there. Then after an hour or so, I leave to go back before they get drunk so I won't have to deal with that. There's a ranch as well that we go to but it's 4 hours away and they do the same thing there. Sometimes they let me and my cousin's husband shoot guns on the range and my uncle even took me hunting 4 times in the past 4 years I've been here.

It's very pretty there but then coworkers soon show up and start getting drunk, then it all goes downhill from there. I work 55 hours per week in a job at my uncle's construction company but i don't make much and rent is literally 4× what it was in 2019 and continuing to increase well beyond what my job will allow me to afford. I'm taking steps to start a career in LE and I'll be able to slowly but surely transition into my own home by then.

The juice isn't worth the squeeze, if you can even call it that since I don't find enjoyment in spending time with them sitting down. I often go to the bathroom but after doing so, I go to my car and leave and nobody really notices. I didn't go to the ranch for Christmas or Easter. The only person I really want in my life right now is my girlfriend, I've even gone as far as muting all messages besides her. A medication change in late 2021 has made me much more assertive and ready to stand my ground and not let them manipulate me into doing something I don't want to do.

Do you like family gatherings?