Talked to my sister for the first time in a while

My older sister is pretty cool but we've never been super close-knit and also I'm just bad at keeping up with people so we don't talk often. She texted to wish me happy birthday, then warned me that if I plan on going back to our hometown to lie low and avoid the church at all costs because people are getting increasingly radicalized (I'm not out of the closet to most people from that town, aside from her and a few close friends, but I'm sure people have their suspicions that I'm a flaming queer because of basically everything about my physical appearance. Also they know I'm a Democrat which they've started treating as like, the 8th deadly sin, because that's how deep into Trump Country we came from). Anyway, I told her not to worry because I've already been avoiding our parents at all costs. One thing led to another and I ended up admitting how I feel no love our connection to our parents and only do the minimum amount of interaction necessary to make them keep me on their insurance and send me grocery money sometimes. I continued about how I felt guilty about that because even most abused kids I've met feel some kind of messed up connection to their parents. But then, she told me that there was nothing wrong with me and she feels the exact same way. I was shocked because she gives them great gifts on the holidays and routinely calls/texts home and is overall nicer to them than I am. I guess she's just a great actress. Feeling surprised but very validated. via /r/emotionalneglect https://ift.tt/2SaNLSJ