My bio dad died when I (19, M) was 5. Afterwards my bio mom got hooked on drugs and soon afterwards I was placed in foster care in Oklahoma. My siblings and I were adopted in 2017 by an elderly couple that really just wanted us for some kind of check they were getting for having adopted kids (for context, we were “therapeutic”, meaning we had “problems” and the state paid more to people to take us). Over the years I was bullied for being short and shy by various adopted family members. After adoption we were often slapped and pushed around by our adopted brother (63, M) who is an ex con and spent most of his life in prison. Our parents did nothing to stop the bullying and often took part in the spectacles that said “family” would cause. They were religious and often used Jesus as a means to get us to do what they wanted (I am in fact a Christian, I found that Christ was nothing like they had said). I’ve had paint sticks broken on me, I have had things that I paid for broken in front of me for being “rebellious” and been taken advantage of for years. I’ve even had a vehicle stolen from me by a family member and was “advised” not to do anything about it. I am on my own now and want nothing to do with these people. They treated me like garbage for a decade. They never even said they were proud of me for anything good I’ve done. I would get compared to the “real family” and told that I could do better. I was never complimented like the other kids so I always felt like I wasn’t good enough. I see no reason to have them in my life, but my adopted nephew begs to differ. AITAH for not wanting to associate with them?