Sorry Lynne, I don't know you or your story so please excuse me for chipping in...

I think TC and Ange are right... but only *IF*... you were in a committed relationship.

I think everyone deals with their own families in their own way. The relationship dynamics btween members of a primary family are so complex, and go back so far into childhood, that someone oustide that family ring has little chance of understanding the expectations and pressures within it.

Hope it all got sorted happily.