No family is perfect. Even if you have overwhelmingly positive relationships with your family members, you're not exempt from the occasional display of pettiness. No one is!! And, if you happen to have rather fraught relationships with certain relatives, you've probably had your fair share of petty moments.
Perhaps you've always had a tense relationship with your sister. She consistently picks on you and puts you down, and she's never shown you respect. When you found out she liked a guy, you immediately went and asked him out. He said yes, and you had a really lovely first date. Your sister was furious and begged you to ghost him, but you actually started to develop feelings for him. You continued to date him, and you had no regrets because he showed you compassion and respect, something your sister wasn't capable of.
Or, maybe you had a fight with your mom that left you really upset and frustrated. You blocked her on Facebook and dodged her texts and calls for a week. Then, you heard from your brother that she was absolutely panicked and hysterical, thinking something bad had happened to you. You immediately felt horrible and gave her a call. To this day, you still feel bad about how you reacted.
Or, perhaps you have one difficult uncle who always turns family holidays into political debates. You've always tried to behave and hold your tongue for the sake of your grandma, but this year, he went too far. You decided to make a fake Craigslist ad with your uncle's phone number, and you specified in the ad that he was hoping to sell a bunch of "lightly used" underwear. His phone kept ringing and dinging throughout dinner, and you had to pinch yourself to keep from laughing.
