eh.. if I decide to invite him, we'll have to do it soon. He's going to need to save up some $$ to go. Same with my Mom. And my friend who might as well be family.
Bro isnt' necessarily estranged because of the queer thing.. more that he was a drunken all around closed minded *** for years. And I didn't go to his wedding (see the awkward?) 8 years ago. He's now divorced, not drinking and involved with a very nice girl who has a 6yo and pretty darn happy for the first time in his life.
We still disagree on a lot of things. but a lot of why we were not talking has sort of become less important... it's hard because when he does something that ticks me off, my first reaction is to shut down communications.
I'm so very different than most of my family. and I generally choose not to associate with people who are closed minded bigots and unfortunately most of my family is that way. My brother has grown a lot.. most of my family has not.
I gave everyone a shot on facebook.. I have unfriended all but my brother. He doesn't make racial jokes, say something is "gay" when he means "stupid" or think throwing around the word "******" is okay.. and yes, those are real examples of why I unfriended my family members.
On the flip side, Facebook is the reason my brother and I are communicating now... be it hesitantly.
/tangent
