I met my husband while we were in my state. We loved there for years up until 2020. We would usually go and see my family every other weekend or every weekend (at least 1 day). My husband and I loved this. He got along well with everyone in my family and they treated him like a cousin, son, nephew, etc. He wasn't just "[my name]'s husband".

Flash forward to now: We live in another state. We're on the same coast as his family. We had to move due to his work.

We are no contact with his parents (they were insensitive to a major health issue I had this last year) and selfish/oblivious to what they did wrong.

We are low contact/no contact with 6 of 7 siblings. We weren't close with a lot of them to start but they started to dwindle down as time went on due to: drama, selfishness, narcissistic tendencies, lies, just being non-genuine.

Before all of that we did make trips and we did make arrangements to see his family. But things just kept falling apart.

Currently we are visiting my family due to the death if a loved one and we both miss this family love and support so much. We don't want to leave. I wish we could stay but his contract is for a few more years.

I would love to have the big family aspect back but his family is too "much" for this to be a thing. Most of the siblings don't even like each other or their own parents.

I feel like I'm going crazy some days when I hear what his family is doing, acting or saying. It makes no sense to me.

Thanks for reading. 🖤