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When you feel like you invest more in chosen family traditions than others

We've been celebrating Chosen Family Day every November for five years but this year I'm the only one who remembered and that makes me feel like I care more about us than everyone else does.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Unequal emotional labor in maintaining chosen family bonds can create resentment and feelings of abandonment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with LGBTQ+ chosen family tradition?”

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