So.... do other people have this notion that family comes first before everything?
I am from a family that had loose obligations. A military family that understands, "Oh, hey you can't come home right now. That's okay, we'll celebrate Christmas in March when you can come home."
This family flips out if I miss the birthday of his mother's cousin. Because I had a paper to do.
I have school. I need to do school work. I WILL FAIL IF I DO NOT DO WORK.
His mother's 70th birthday party is this Saturday but I'm also going to the opera for my final paper this Saturday. I do not understand why this family does not understand this and gets so hurt about it. As if I choose to have paper after paper and am intentionally ignoring the family because I hate them or something.
Guilt tripping me does nothing but make me feel terrible.









































