Why do people put up with family drama?

Sorry my thread didn’t meet your high standard of approval.

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Just stop buying in to societal pressure and cut those people loose

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Most American post ever

If having a family is inconvenient to me in any way, simply cut all ties and be a rugged individualist

"White people live and die alone"

Have to be patient for people you care about. They need love and patience too

Mind your business fatty

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Just stop buying in to societal pressure and cut those people loose.

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as someone who did this years ago, i must say....i miss the family drama.

these days i just head to wal mart when a self-esteem boost is needed

My wife's parents are both dead. She puts up with her dickweed brothers because they're the only family she has left, and any family is better than no family.

I realize you’re trying to justify your own loneliness because you abandoned your family over some silly disagreement but some people are mature enough to not let petty arguments at Christmas parties alienate our families over it.

It’s odd that you assume loneliness on my part for asking a simple question. Thread after thread and post after post of men here complaining about family drama, yet they continue to partake year after year.

Perhaps it is you who are trying to justify something.

Guess you’re not a fan of Adam Smith?


His book that he believed was most important was The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The headline conclusion in that one is that people are made best off by fulfilling the obligations they hold towards others.

The wealth of nations gets all the attention, and there is certainly truth in the realization that pursuit of self interests can help people consume more. But by Smith’s own account, that’s not what maximizes utility. Having strong relationships with others and fulfilling your obligations to them does. That starts with the family.

Most people secretly love drama

If none is going on, they create some, because they live for it