Our family dinners have become these formal affairs where everyone is polite and careful and no one tells the embarrassing stories or teases each other anymore and I don't know if we're being more mature or if we've lost something essential.
More people experience this than they realize.
You've traded authenticity for politeness, and now your family feels like strangers performing the role of relatives.
“Where Are You with Environmental grief?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.