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My grandma hates trans people and I hate her for it. (self.confessions)

submitted 1 year ago by TheBest to c/confessions

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It's fairly straightforward. I'm in my 20s and I feel no desire to spend any time with her. She's always been a deceptive and conniving person, and literally tore apart our family and her marriage because of it. Why would I WANT to spend time with you?

And her latest thing the past few years now is to always steer the conversations when I DO go see her to "men dressing like women to go rape women in the bathroom". Or "the [slur]'s just make it so hard to support the gays". She says these things, and all of her grandchildren push back. Hard. We treat everyone the way we would like to be treated, simple as that. So stop spreading bigotry and this bull crap when you go play bingo every week.

Ugh. Happy fourth of July?

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[–] FranklinsBeard 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel you. I've stopped talking to most of my family after realizing they're firmly in the grasp of far right propaganda. There's nothing I can do for them, so I'd rather keep my own sanity and move forward without their negativity in my life.

[–] TheBest 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's how I've been describing it. I don't want to willingly bring in the negative energy, or spend any of my positive energy, on someone who had changed her life perspective in such a disparagingly way.

Hope you have found a good sense of family/community otherwise 🙏