TL:DR My aunt who I’ve known for my whole life (64/f)admitted shed rather be around her sister/brother in law more than my (34/m) family, and much more. What do I do?
So this was a bit ago but it’s still rattling my noggin.
It was around Christmas Eve and there was a Christmas light setup in town. My aunt lives 25 minutes from us, so we all decided to go down to the light show.
We get there, but there’s a huge line, so we all try to spark up conversation. I jokingly say to my aunt “Remember that one time you said our house burnt down so that old couple would give us their stuff they were donating to goodwill for free?’ I told her I thought it was hilarious, like seriously. We really did need the help, just not because of a house fire. I did not care she did that. I was just trying to make conversation.
Welllll, she goes off on some tangent about me. She starts saying how her sister and brother in law would have the best house, they are such great people, and heavily implied she’d rather be around them because they’re better people.
But that’s not all. She also (knowing I’m an atheist) says “don’t worry, maybe one day you’ll find a Dr kavorkian (he was an doctor who was an atheist that euthanized hundreds of terminally ill people.) To take care of you. Keep in mind, I’m on disability for bipolar disorder ect. All of this over a two sentence comment about something she did.
I just kept quiet the rest of the night and let it roll of my shoulders. But now it’s starting to dawn on me, especially the Dr Kavorkian reference.
This isn’t the first time she’s done and said ridiculous things. She’s mentioned I’m not going up in the rapture, she calls me a pervert for no reason, she’s very snide about politics, and the list could go on and on.
My question is, what do I do about her? Do I just stop talking to her, do I confront her and try to get her to respect me for once in my life, or?
Either way, thanks for reading and I appreciate any advice.