Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : Every year my immediate family makes an effort to have a Christmas with both sides of our family, this event on my Dad's side involves traveling about seven hours by car and staying in a small town and spending time with an uncomfortably large number of relatives that I don't really know well.  I decided I'm not going and, my family, especially my mother, is very upset by this.

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To give some background, this is the first time in a couple years that I am physically able to make this trip due to past medical issues, also, this is the first time I am not living with my parents, so they can't pull any my house my rules crap.  Before that when I was able to go, I never related much with anyone there.  I am quite introverted, living on my own now, I enjoy choosing when to socialize and who to socialize with.  Having grown up in a family is everything kumbaya type of culture it took me a while to figure this out.  I don't consider family to have any special meaning, I'm pretty indifferent towards extended family, and I honestly don't like my parents.  I do make the effort to visit and meet up with my parents every once in a while and I'm going to the other Christmas on my mom's side, which is a smaller travel and time commitment.  But all gatherings with them is a chore for me that I really don't enjoy, and I draw the line at them taking up so much of my time and social energy at Christmas.  They will never understand this and I'll never tell them that I don't really like being around them, obviously.

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So that's it, my main reason for not going is fuck traditional families stick together culture, I don't feel like making the trip.  Am I an asshole?