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PianoManGidley · 04-06-2008, 12:17 AM

I admit that I feel more love for my friends than for my blood relations. Is that wrong? I mean, I can't really get around helping feel this way. I choose who my friends are, but I don't choose who shares some of my DNA. I'm not saying that I loathe my family, by any means, but I don't necessarily see why I--or anyone else--is SUPPOSED to love our family as much if not more than our friends, yet I get that impression from our culture on a daily basis. It seems very basic and primal, that family is supposed to be so important...but what if you just don't care as much about your family as your friends? I do love some of my family members, but in a rather generic way...and towards the rest, I just feel indifference; they're just people I happen to know. So why do I feel like it's morally wrong of me to feel this way?

tommyboy567 · 04-06-2008, 12:38 AM

its not.. don't worry about it.. the majority of teenagers and early 20s to mid 20s feel that way. I'm one of them. Why? Its all about acceptance and alittle bit of insecure about oneself.

skywalker160 · 04-10-2008, 09:15 AM

It's good that you have both friends and family

One tip, your friends may not always be friends, but your family will always be family.

SO have all the friends you want but don't neglect family.

04-06-2008, 12:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
PianoManGidley Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 235	I love my friends more than my family I admit that I feel more love for my friends than for my blood relations. Is that wrong? I mean, I can't really get around helping feel this way. I choose who my friends are, but I don't choose who shares some of my DNA. I'm not saying that I loathe my family, by any means, but I don't necessarily see why I--or anyone else--is SUPPOSED to love our family as much if not more than our friends, yet I get that impression from our culture on a daily basis. It seems very basic and primal, that family is supposed to be so important...but what if you just don't care as much about your family as your friends? I do love some of my family members, but in a rather generic way...and towards the rest, I just feel indifference; they're just people I happen to know. So why do I feel like it's morally wrong of me to feel this way?

04-10-2008, 09:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
skywalker160 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 16	Hi It's good that you have both friends and family One tip, your friends may not always be friends, but your family will always be family. SO have all the friends you want but don't neglect family.

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04-06-2008, 12:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
tommyboy567 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: des moines, iowa. USA Posts: 9	its not.. don't worry about it.. the majority of teenagers and early 20s to mid 20s feel that way. I'm one of them. Why? Its all about acceptance and alittle bit of insecure about oneself.

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