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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]In arguments that I've had with my sister, she's always said that I was stuck up or too good for the family. Which isn't true at all. I love my family and it kills me that they think this way of me. I want to come home and visit but I hate coming home knowing that they feel this way.

Even though you say you are fine with it, you may not realize how you are coming across to others. Hear what they say, take it in, and try to be more understanding and see if there is something you can change
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I don't think you've really owned your choices and are comfortable with them.  If you had, you wouldn't feel so judged and bothered by it - you wouldn't be assuming they think you're stuck up or too good for family.  FWIW, I come from the very rural midwest where some people have never been beyond the neighboring county.  I not only moved out of state, I've lived all over the world.  I don't even have the same accent they do any more - which is often commented upon.  There is some distance between my extended family and me but I engage them, help with the dishes, greet everyone as they come in (or when I come in) and we just take it from there.  No big deal - I am, after all, now a woman of a certain age and maturity :lol: .[/quote]

And yet the last sentence that you wrote, seems to be putting down the OP. A woman with such age and maturity wouldn't be so degrading. :)[/quote]

'Degrading' you say! That's a strong word for someone calling herself (not the OP) older.  Sounds like she struck a nerve!   And, yeah, the OP sounds pretty immature and insecure although the PP said it more nicely.[/quote]

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