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I seem like an extrovert because I am very engaging and love getting together one-on-one. It doesn't transfer to groups. Like you, I have a very hard time at parties or extended group outings. I don't care for them, at all.

The difference I see is that I make every effort to meet up for these one-on-ones. No one appears offended because I invest in the type of interactions that I can tolerate.

Have you invited people over to your space? If I were you, I would have established connections with individual family members so that they see how much I value them. Then, when they have traditional all-family get-togethers, they know it's not that I don't care for them, it's that I don't function well in that sort of environment.

The posts reads as though you don't, in fact, particularly care for these family members. So, they feel insulted by your lack of participation because it reflects your negative feelings about them.

Is this the case? If not, you need to start inviting them in.
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