Once again, my dad drags up an name from his family tree, and then tells me that he/she is my uncle/aunt/cousin. What the fuck is his problem?! Since its Veteran's Day, he texts me about a couple of uncles who died in the war and one who survived. Then in the text, he tells me I should give my Aunt Diana a call and thank my uncle.

Now what's the problem with that?

I HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST FUCKING IDEA WHO THEY ARE!!! Here I am living my life as normal, and every once in half a year or so (as to be the pattern, I've noticed), my old man decides to bring up some relative out of the blue and suggests I give them a call. I swear, sometimes I think my dad has his head so far up his ass, it's coming right back out of his neck! As I recall as a child, I was taught NEVER TO TALK TO STRANGERS! I never met them, don't want to, and I'm sure as fuck am not going to write to someone whose face I've seen and/or remember.

Sure, he might've introduced them to me and my sister - at age 2 to 4! How the fuck does he expect me to make contact with someone he claims to be related to me when I never knew they existed in the first place?! I absolutely have no desire to meet these people, so I don't give a crap; they're not much to me because I never held a sentimental tie to them! He never got along with his siblings when he was young, so I get that whole "I want you to have what I didn't have". But did he ever stop to think about the things that I may or may not want to have? No! Because "As his son, he is the older person who has years of experience and have my best interests at heart".

Bullshit. I am not interested in calling strangers to thank them for something they did to honor our country. That's grand and everything, but he's pressuring me to establish relationships to people he never got along with in the past! If they want to know me so bad, then why didn't THEY give me a call? Why didn't THEY bothered to make a visit? Why didn't THEY keep in contact if they want to know me? I don't to bother with building those bridges, but my dad seems to think that I SHOULD do it. If they want to contact me, then that's their choice.

But my father shouldn't be hoisting unknown figures in my life just because he slapped the label "Family" on it, and expect me to love and talk to them like a happy family! It doesn't work like that, inconsiderate prick!

I don't know these people! Nor do I want to! If you didn't put enough effort for me to know them when I was a child, where I could probably feel RELATED to them in the past, then I don't see why you're pestering me to talk to them; especially if they never bothered to talk to me.

Sure, by saying all this, I might be being cold and selfish. And I accept that. Because that is how I feel. That is how think. That is who I am. Don't try and place your ideals of a family on me just because you didn't like the way it turned out with YOU.