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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, there is so much wrong with your post

It is not a responsibility of your Mom/Dad/Family to to understand anything. Your family threw a fit? No one gets to use emotional manipulation to get their way. The degree of their outrage means nothing. You have GOT to be willing to weather Mommy & Daddy being mad at you. Or anyone. But other things ~ DS does not get to "announce" anything. He's a teenager. He doesn't get to decide. He goes where he is told to go. However, why not make the visit short? Not all day.  2 1/2 - 3 hrs. That's it. Anyone can get along for a few hours. It's on you to make the logistics work. Stay at a hotel obviously, if you need to. Combine the trip with something else fun. Stop stating your family and your son are polar opposites. That helps no one. Unimportant. 
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THIS.

OP also stated there are 22 grandkids running around. I have a hard time believing there is not ONE grandchild in that cohort to hang out with. It sounds like some grandkids did try to get to know him better through group chats, and he refuses to participate. If you set yourself apart over and over again, after awhile everyone will assume you have nothing in common. OP constantly saying the kid and family members are opposites makes me wonder how well OP knows these nieces and nephews…or are there assumptions being made on OP’s part about the interests of these 22 (22!) people? Something here doesn’t fully add up. The family may not be a cake walk, but OP’s own family unit spends a lot of breathe “othering” themselves from the larger family.[/quote]

Hello Crazy aunt Karen.[/quote]

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