So since Tuesday my mom, my boyfriend, our two dogs and one cat and I have been living at my uncle's house. hopefully my boyfriend and I will be moving soon to Texas though. Not sure when exactly.
I feel very uncomfortable living at my uncle's house. My boyfriend and I, plus all three of our pets, are staying on the covered porch out back. It's not really that much space for so many pets but it's all right. My uncle and his friend (who is staying here as well) work all day on a construction project out back (like a guest house that my mom and her boyfriend may rent for awhile) because apparently they don't have to work (my uncle appears to be semi rich).
I get this feeling my uncle doesn't like me because for a long time I was really messed up and kind of nasty to everyone. I was going through a lot of things a couple years ago. Now I'm just shy and sometimes overreact to things. Although his friend is nice, I don't really like him because he would always make these mean cat jokes (I love cats) and yesterday night, my mom brought up his overachieving son who works on degrees in synthetic biology. I had an interest in conservation biology (which is why she mentioned it), although I'm majoring in English, which my mom never mentions.
I said that although it's a good field, I don't really agree with it because I'm opposed to altering dna and cloning, etc. And he starts saying like , "really, so you're opposed to organisms that clean up oil spills? And when you get sick, medicine that helps you get better? My son's working on a cancer treatment,...blah blah"...
And I was trying to say no, it's just I don't agree with modifying genes..and he says "that's a bull**** argument" because I don't have any data, I'm just saying something I heard...And I'm like, dude I'm not discussing I was just expressing an opinion? And he just keeps talking over me. And my mom backs him up, saying to me that even I like to have facts and data about things. Yeah! I had like one minute to express any opinion before he started interrupting me! I guess I was being mean because I inadvertently insulted his son?
Anyways, they annoy me. I don't feel comfortable here. Yesterday my uncle lectured my boyfriend because someone (presumably me) left the microwave dirty. All day long (and sometimes in the night) the loud air compressor goes off on our porch, which scares my cat a lot. I don't feel comfortable making food in the kitchen.
I just notice how they're really friendly with my boyfriend, and my uncle's friend loves talking with him in Spanish, but they just seem to not like me. It's hard for me to be open with people, because I feel shy. The other night they were listening to a movie at like full surround sound volume on the other side of the wall from the porch, like thunder, while I was trying to sleep after working all day. I had a bad headache. I got frustrated and complained to my mother, and I just hope they didn't hear.
I really don't know what to do. I just want to go to Texas already and be away from these people. I'm appreciative that he's letting us stay here, but this is a very uncomfortable situation for me.
I feel very uncomfortable living at my uncle's house. My boyfriend and I, plus all three of our pets, are staying on the covered porch out back. It's not really that much space for so many pets but it's all right. My uncle and his friend (who is staying here as well) work all day on a construction project out back (like a guest house that my mom and her boyfriend may rent for awhile) because apparently they don't have to work (my uncle appears to be semi rich).
I get this feeling my uncle doesn't like me because for a long time I was really messed up and kind of nasty to everyone. I was going through a lot of things a couple years ago. Now I'm just shy and sometimes overreact to things. Although his friend is nice, I don't really like him because he would always make these mean cat jokes (I love cats) and yesterday night, my mom brought up his overachieving son who works on degrees in synthetic biology. I had an interest in conservation biology (which is why she mentioned it), although I'm majoring in English, which my mom never mentions.
I said that although it's a good field, I don't really agree with it because I'm opposed to altering dna and cloning, etc. And he starts saying like , "really, so you're opposed to organisms that clean up oil spills? And when you get sick, medicine that helps you get better? My son's working on a cancer treatment,...blah blah"...
And I was trying to say no, it's just I don't agree with modifying genes..and he says "that's a bull**** argument" because I don't have any data, I'm just saying something I heard...And I'm like, dude I'm not discussing I was just expressing an opinion? And he just keeps talking over me. And my mom backs him up, saying to me that even I like to have facts and data about things. Yeah! I had like one minute to express any opinion before he started interrupting me! I guess I was being mean because I inadvertently insulted his son?
Anyways, they annoy me. I don't feel comfortable here. Yesterday my uncle lectured my boyfriend because someone (presumably me) left the microwave dirty. All day long (and sometimes in the night) the loud air compressor goes off on our porch, which scares my cat a lot. I don't feel comfortable making food in the kitchen.
I just notice how they're really friendly with my boyfriend, and my uncle's friend loves talking with him in Spanish, but they just seem to not like me. It's hard for me to be open with people, because I feel shy. The other night they were listening to a movie at like full surround sound volume on the other side of the wall from the porch, like thunder, while I was trying to sleep after working all day. I had a bad headache. I got frustrated and complained to my mother, and I just hope they didn't hear.
I really don't know what to do. I just want to go to Texas already and be away from these people. I'm appreciative that he's letting us stay here, but this is a very uncomfortable situation for me.
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