... continued

I was just 'talked to' by my mom for my behavior.

According to mother, as in the case with my uncle Jeff, I need to learn to swallow the bullshit that my relatives serve for dinner.

I still say "fuck that." Sure... I love them for raising me into the youngster I was, but they are in no way responsible for raising me into the ?man? I have become and I don't think I owe them the respect they feel they deserve.

If it comes down to 'walking on eggshells' around me, then fine. They are the only people I know who feel that way, therefore it's their own fucking problem.  None of my friends, coworkers, classmates, select relatives feel like they need to watch what they say around me. 

I don't feel like I need to watch what I say around my family, save sailor talk, nor do I feel like I should.  They have no problem running their damn mouths, why should I?