Misery loves company I guess?

Get therapy

Sad

how bout you just let him convert you and usher you into the fold

This is not a flex, it’s fucking sad.

I've done this in the past, please don't do it and push yourself and others away. It's likely you have some serious past traumas that need attention and correction.

I had a girlfriend in my 20s that wanted me to be sad, happy or angry when she was. She would get upset if I was enjoying myself and she wasn't. I was always making her feel bad... She threatened to hurt herself if I left her. When I finally left she had another boyfriend within a few days, I stayed single for a couple of years. People are crazy sometimes.

Gotta be honest, I find it really hard to relate to people from happy families. I don’t feel badly towards them at all, but the differences between us are just obvious. I was never abused but my parents hated each other and had a terrible, terrible relationship. Alcohol abuse and health problems run in my family. A lot of people act like life runs on rails for them and they never have to worry about anything, or about whether they can rely on or trust their family. I can’t relate to that. Even just telling people that my parents are divorced makes me feel like a freak around most people, even though it’s not that uncommon. One upside is that if I ever have kids - and that’s not likely, but if it happens - their upbringing isn’t going to be like mine. I don’t blame my parents for what happened between them and how it affected me, but I’ll never do that to a kid.

it is bad when they woudl rather be with their fucked up miserable dysfunctional family

unfortunately when people sometimes grow up in unloving households like that it is all they know :(

there Is no fixing them

Some people would rather drag someone into a bad relationship over working on their own problems and faults.

I have a loving family but I keep my distance because I get emotionally drained being around them constantly.

I'm trying to figure out how people have that much patience and energy after hanging out with their entire family.