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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.

There’s a reason I posted in relationships and not in politics.

Upon further reflection this was just one more incident of my sisters not being available to casually chat (via text, which is lower pressure than a phone call because it doesn’t require an immediate reply), and that’s what hurts. Yes, I found the event scary, and not because I get my life was in danger - I have no problem with the fact that others might not have get scared, but that doesn’t invalidate my feelings.

But more importantly I thought the event (which truly was an intended coup, though many buffoons got caught up in it) was something we would connect over, because it matters to Americans, even those living abroad.

It was not something they wanted to connect over, but as I reflect further, they also increasingly don’t want to connect with me or each other over anything, really - family, kids, jobs, whatever. I thought a “big” and relatively impersonal political  event might be the exception, but it wasn’t.

I don’t know how to stay connected to my family, especially since they live so far away, and it sucks. [/quote]

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