living_paradox

This is probably going to be way to serious for most people. So if you do not want to end up with your heart strings being pulled do not read further...


I have had no contact with family for almost half of my life. A few months back I accidentally found a cousin of mine online that I have not seen since I was probably 8. He updated me on my family, father is dead, mother in some sort of state institution. My aunt, his mom is dead. Well he was asking questions and I was asking him questions. Finding out about the family tree, what happened to my parents, his siblings, all that sort of stuff I missed out on by being the outcast. All good so far right?

Wrong! I was in the middle of moving from one place to another, so I told him I would not have time to write recently, but if he wanted to learn more about me I sent him a link to some of my political writings. Well it turns out that my basic social beliefs are the complete polar opposite of his beliefs. You can literally say that we are like night and day. Yet I never heard from him again. I found this out by doing a little more research and finding out things about him. So my cousin that was so thrilled and thankful that a missing family member popped back up on the radar suddenly decided to just break off all contact with no notice to me.

I was willing to guess that we would of had different leanings, yet he is family and I was willing to look completely past that. It is alright with me, just damn sad that is all. If I would of decided to break off all contact with him, the least I would of done was to write him and tell him so.

I wonder if I should take some vacation time and go down to DFW area and pop up at one of his shows? He plays in a local band down there.