22 Stories Of When People Realized That Their Family Wasn’t Like Other Families

The reality is that not everyone has a loving family waiting for them whenever they return.

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• March 24, 2022

There is nothing like coming back home with the knowledge that you have a loving family waiting to welcome you with open hands and beautiful smiles. But the reality is that not everyone has this type of loving family waiting for them.

In fact, some people are not even excited about returning home because they know the type of family they have, whereas others miss home constantly and flee at the first opportunity they get. It’s quite saddening to see your friends rushing off home to see their families, all excited, but you’re just so sad to go home.

Or is it when you are invited by your friend to their home and you see how their family is so united? Then, in your quiet moments, you just keep wondering why your own family isn’t that way.

Well, it’s not your fault, and don’t let that make you a bitter person. No one’s family can either be one of these three things: either they are worse than the families you come across, better than them, or just like them.

Whichever it is, you only have one job, which is to make sure that your own future family is better than the one you came out of. A Redditor named u/Existing_Peach957 has asked the r/AskReddit community a question related to families, and their replies are quite baffling, but still relatable if you’re on that table.

Has the realization hit you yet...

The post attracted over a thousand comments, and here’s what most of them had to say.

1. Stay at home dads are rare I guess

2. When my friends wouldn't hide as their parents came in

3. I'm so sorry you had to go through that too

4. When the government comes for us with guillotines

5. My family shows love through playful sarcasm, mockery and argument

6. This is such a hurtful thing to say to someone that is suicidal

7. The dinner table is not meant for meals

8. I was treated more like a friend than a son

9. You don't deserve your parents being mean to you at all

10. So you ain't afraid of me, huh?

11. I can only imagine the sadness...

12. No child has to go through all this

13. Why would anyone give their own kids a silent treatment?

14. I couldn't have said it better

15. A huge get together at Grandma's

16. This is definitely not normal

17. Let's end this generational toxicity once and for all

18. Lol... It's the second comment for me

19. When everyone laughs at an actual fear of yours

20. The rate of divorce is quite high these days

21. So sad!

You ought to be the change you want to see. And you can do that by letting go of the toxic relationship you might have had with your family and building a good one with your future family.

Have a story to share about the question asked? Drop them in the comments section below.

Maryjane