Who wants to be a member of my real family?

[Metalhead]

My blood family is toxic, the roots are diseased, I have created a distance between myself and them and am better off because of it.

Who wants to be a real brother or sister to me, non-blood but that doesn't matter?

I have my future to look towards now, and my present to take care of myself.

I offer free cigars to anybody who is interested.

 

[eg3210]

I'm not yet ready to be social, yet. But I love the idea. I ditched my family a while back and it was one of the best things I've ever done.

 

[WiffingWaffles]

Im not the best, but i might not mind.

 

[Luca]

Metalhead, I would be honored if you considered me a family member.
People in the LGBTQ community need our chosen families more than ever right now.

Plus we have the exact same taste in foods lol so I would never have to worry about picking a restaurant you don’t like

 

[AdamG]

I'll be a part of your family, so long as I don't have to pick you up from the airport
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No, seriously. Consider me like a brother.

 

[Misery]

Sure, I'll go for it, if you want.

Also congrats on getting some space between you and them.

 

[Aspychata]

I am throwing my hat in the ring to be a sista from another mother (and father). Or l could apply for auntie? Or a distance cousin? Or maybe l could be a friendly garden gnome? Lol
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[AdamG]

I am throwing my hat in the ring to be a sista from another mother (and father). Or l could apply for auntie? Or a distance cousin? Or maybe l could be a friendly garden gnome? Lol

Well, hm. If he's my brother, and now he's your brother, or nephew, or cousin, or ... um... gnome-keeper, I suppose we are related too.
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Coolies.

 

[Progster]

Well, we both like progressive rock, so we could be related. If not a sister, then a cousin perhaps

 

[dyl]

I’m too young, sorry.

 

[stevens]

My blood family is toxic, the roots are diseased, I have created a distance between myself and them and am better off because of it.

Who wants to be a real brother or sister to me, non-blood but that doesn't matter?

I have my future to look towards now, and my present to take care of myself.

I offer free cigars to anybody who is interested.

Ha! Actually that sounds like something I'd love to do. You know, Kurt Vonnegut called such people "synthetic relatives." Embrace the idea. Perhaps you'll have better luck than I did, although I do have one "synthetic relative" who is promising.

Seriously though, I think it's a great goal to figure out how to develop a family-like bond to related people. For example, after my grandmother passed I always wondered who might replace her. I always got along better with older people. Now, though, I'm old almost like her so I don't have a lot of "older" people to relate to. My main point is I've found it hard to develop ongoing friendships with autistic people, even though they make the best conversation partners when it gets started.

I think the best "synthetic relative" would be someone who is different enough or incompatible in some trivial way so they wouldn't be like a close friend, but who has a common bond or interest.

 

[Ella Spell]

I love a cigar and I could use more people in my life.

Add me to the Christmas card list, and borrow my weed whacker anytime you need.