Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and wonder how I became so completely different than my grandparents. Sometimes I wonder how I didn't turn out close minded, homophobic, racist, "normal" like my family.
I am the black sheep of my family. LIterally almost the exact opposite of them in personality, Sometimes I wish I wasn't - or that I could hide it better - so everyday wasn't as hard as it is with them.
My opinions and views and philosophies, almost everything is genuinely different from theirs, and I get called names, get into fights every day, and other things because of it. I'm at my limit.
I think its to do with how things are different generations after generations by how we've been taught certain things in school, society, and the real life.
Thing is though, my cousins who are younger than me, seem to fit in quite easily with my family. They hold the same beliefs and prejudices almost. They spend the same amount of time with them as I do.
so when you learn the rules of your society in your time you are forced to live by them most of the time (there are a few examples of people who don't)