(Slight TW, no explicit details given tho) Going No Contact w/ my whole family - AIO??
Im beyond baffled rn and i just need some good ol' reddit advice and input. Trying to make a loooong story short here, so bear with me.
Bit of context: Xmas Eve 2025, my mom bought my dad a sweatshirt with (apparently) his favorite band's logo on it as his present. She showed it to me before she wrapped it, and my heart sank. There was a confederate flag on it.
I am a criminologist. Probably have some kind of hero/justice complex going on, but it makes me passionate and i love what i do. Both parents are extremely aware of this btw.
Anyways, I was of course disgusted and angry when i saw the sweatshirt, so both parents and i got into a huge argument. I didn't go to xmas. I just couldn't do it. My parents blamed me for not going. My mom told me I was "making my grandparents sad" since they wouldn't get to see me. Blamed me for reacting the **appropriate** way to anyone who is proud to rep that flag. Mind you, my family and i are all white. if that wasn't obvious.
So, tensions have been rising since then. No contact unless i had to. But i hadn't blocked anyone after that whole argument. I should have.
With all of that in mind, flash forward to last night. Both parents + my brother and i got into another argument. This argument is **by** **far** the worst argument I've ever had with my parents. Like, by a record breaking landslide. The screenshots are of the DM's i sent to my SIL and explain what happened. I feel like I'm frozen. I don't have the words to explain the betrayal I feel. But I also feel bad for cussing at my parents and speaking down to them, even though they really deserved it 😐. but I digress. Please just tell me I'm not crazy. Or do. Cant feel any worse than I do right now.