You should get professional help . <| sep |> new css already for fucks sakes <| sep |> Well , my extended family wasn ' t quite so dysfunctional in the past . However , we don ' t see each other as much anymore . . . mostly due to several people having died in the past 2 years , one of whom was usually the main person doing the organizing and whatnot . My mother , an uncle , and a brotherinlaw have all died in the past 2 years , and another uncle divorced his wife in the past 3 years so that ' s adding complications as well . We ' re also due for some more family drama over the next 12 years , because one of my sisters is divorcing her husband . On top of that , there was already a slowdown due to my maternal parents having both passed away within the last 56 years . They were the main reason we kept gathering every holiday for a family meal . If you don ' t have a fucked up , dysfunctional family , you kinda start missing it all after a few years of relative quiet . Even if you ' re not that close to your extended family , it ' s nice to see familiar faces and hear about what ' s going on with your relatives , and enjoy a good meal together . This year , it ' s just me , my father , two of my sisters , some of her friends , and maybe one of my nephews and his girlfriend . It ' s a far cry from the 1520 person gatherings my immediate family , my maternal grandparents , three auntsuncles , cousins , nephews and nieces , and occasionally a random other moredistantlyrelated relative we used to have for Thanksgiving , Christmas , and occasionally Easter , and it ' s kinda depressing .