families, trips, and anxiety

My sister's wedding happens this coming weekend, and I am having misgivings about seeing certain parts of my family. I did wind up sending my dad a version of that letter, so he knows that I know his wife is a far right extremist, and he knows that I feel like he doesn't talk to or listen to people he claims to care about. Will he want to talk about it, or will he want to ignore that forever? Which one of those outcomes am I emotionally prepared for? I guess I had better get prepared for both.

I hope to be going to the DMA tomorrow, the last social thing I will be doing before going on a plane ride to a place where I am even more of a minority, with my socially anxious spouse, to introduce him to people he doesn't know at all. Not his favorite thing. But at least I get to see some of the family members that I actually enjoy? And plans are still up in the air as I have left everything til the last minute, like I don't actually know any better, which I do. /o\