I have just dumped my last remaining family.Except for DH.

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My Aunt, who is the last of my "immediate " family living called me to say that my Dh running for office is "tacky" and in "poor taste'. She said we are inflicting our opinions on others! She also said if we do not support the President and this war (Iraq) we should be deported as we are "traitors " to this nation. She ended up by saying that a physical condition I have, for which there is NO cure, is because I am betraying God by not supporting Bush! And she doesn't even like Bush. I don't think she voted for him. But she has decided that she is proud of being a Republican who supports Bush! But I am done. The fact that she would say "God is punishing me, and I deserve to suffer" is enough. She is old and she still has a son at home that does not work, is 36 and has NEVER had a job or completed his education because he is too "intelligent". He is "better than other people." And he completely disrespects women and she says he is right! I am sure the son came up with this "god" thing as he has turned ultra religious recently.
I have helped her through illnesses and paid bills for her but never again.Whenever I have been ill, or in trouble, there has never been anyone there, except my friends and my hubby. . I feel somewhat hurt by this but at the same time, I have a sense of freedom.I just had to vent.Thanks for listening