That's fair enough but you posited that distance relationships don't work out. I posited that distance may actually save the relationship and be better for both

That's fair enough but you posited that distance relationships don't work out. I posited that distance may actually save the relationship and be better for both sides. Just because you are not close with your birth family does not mean you do not have friends or your own family. You can hate being with your brothers, sisters and parents and want to be as far away from them as you can and have a loving relationship with your spouse, two or three kids or your own, maybe you are actually on good terms with your in laws and like being around them better ;) But you still can tolerate x-mas, Easter and Thanksgiving with your birth family well enough.