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I wondered if anyone had any strategies for dealing with family members who dispise dating and intimate relationships. Anything that has to do with close relationships is not really accepted in our family circle. If anyone has had the same experience and had some positive outcomes would you let me know? Evidently it has to do with feelings of shame or guilt around intimacy, but I'd like to feel like I can be myself and a normal person when getting together with family members. Dating, marriage - etc has just always carried overtones of negativity in my extended family. I'd like to be free from that. Your suggestions are welcomed.
