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

There is nothing like coming back home with the knowledge that you have a loving family waiting to welcome you with open arms and beautiful smiles. However, 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, while others miss home constantly and flee at the first opportunity they get. It’s quite saddening to see your friends rushing home to see their families, all excited, while you feel sad about going home.

Or is it when you are invited by a friend to their home and you see how united their family is? Then, in your quiet moments, you find yourself 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 be one of these three things: either they are worse than the families you encounter, better than them, or just like them.

Whichever it is, you only have one job: to ensure that your own future family is better than the one you came from. A Redditor named u/Existing_Peach957 asked the r/AskReddit community a question related to families, and their replies are quite baffling yet still relatable if you find yourself in that situation.

Has the realization hit you yet...

u/Existing_Peach957

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

u/babyiguana3

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

u/Relevant-Spot2096

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

u/Lauzzzzzza

4. When the government comes for us with guillotines

u/RozRae

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

u/openletter8

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

u/bunswguns

7. The dinner table is not meant for meals

u/-DarknessNLight-

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

u/Flaky-Fellatio

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

u/Carbonatite

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

u/Aparture_T

11. I can only imagine the sadness...

u/navarii-uwu

12. No child should have to go through all this

u/injury_minded

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

u/Back2Bach

14. I couldn't have said it better

u/brocollitree

15. A huge get-together at Grandma's

u/sycou

16. This is definitely not normal

u/EndlesslyUnfinished

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

u/Spiritual_Lemonade

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

u/MusicIsLife003

19. When everyone laughs at an actual fear of yours

u/spacestonerbitch-420

20. The rate of divorce is quite high these days

u/Sanguiniutron

21. So sad!

u/Bustyblues420

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

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