*shakes head*

Family reunion only works if you have nice relatives instead of the holier-than-thou ones. That keep saying things that sound like genuine concern but actually degrading in disguise and leave bad bruise on the soul.

Save your pity for yourself because I am not pitiful.

Your so-called "words of concern" only raise my anger and a huge "What The Heck?!"

Because genuine kindness can be FELT and will only raise kind emotions. So if your "kindness" raised negative emotions, there must be something wrong with it. Either it is fake, or sugar coated poison.

And the heart is the filter.