One of the things I hate the most is when the person I’m talking to doesn’t want to understand me even though…

One of the things I hate the most is when the person I’m talking to doesn’t want to understand me even though I’m doing my best to understand them. I’m not sure if that makes sense, but let me explain with an example My family (my mother-in-law, my father, my sister) are people who live completely by the traditions here in Romania. And I hate that world. Sometimes I even wonder if I was adopted, or born in the wrong culture altogether. Though to be clear, I don’t hate them for what they are at their core but for what they have become (the traditions) Whenever there’s a wedding, a Christmas tradition, or any other local celebration, they insist I go with them. And I get furious. I try to explain that I don’t want to, that it doesn’t make sense to me. To me, it’s just a waste of time and money. I always tell them that they can go, that I am happy they enjoy it, and that it’s not for me!!! But every time, they reply that I’m an isolated man, that I live in the wild, that I’ll never get anywhere with this attitude. And that’s what truly pisses me off. Because I understand them, I get why they enjoy these things, but they refuse to understand me. It’s not the traditions themselves that I hate. It’s what most people here have turned them into. Everything feels like a performance, a hollow ritual disguised as celebration. And I get that. But they don’t. Or maybe they do and they just don’t want to admit it🌹