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Who comes from PWA Jacks who says, I, male 32, ruined Christmas,

and I have no regrets. Is anyone else's family this dysfunctional? Every year there is an

argument in my family and after 32 years I was the one who blew up for the first time.

Long story short, I'm half Korean, half white.

My mom is Korean, my dad is white.

So we only have my dad's side here in the US.

For years, I watched some of my dad's side speak down to my mom.

They never invite her two things.

Me and my brother have always been treated like outsiders by some family members.

To be frank, I don't care how I'm treated. Every year we bite our tongues and survive the holidays

because it's only two to three times a year. We repeat the process and don't expect much from

these family members. My mom even buys gifts every year for these family members and she gets nothing

in return and never complains. My white grandma is 80 and she's the only thing anchoring us to

some of these family members. Three times today I watched a family member, aunt, raise her voice to my

mom. Speak to her as if she doesn't speak English and shut her down

over simple questions like, where should I sit? I watched my mum quietly recoil and I couldn't stand to

see it again. This aunt does it the most and I finally blew up. I yelled so loud that everyone

stopped what they were doing. I told them enough is enough to start treating my mum with

respect and as an equal in this house. To stop speaking to my mum, who's lived in the US for 35 years,

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