JT,
Yes, it is, but I don't think I am capable of not being loyal to family. My mother disappeared by chioce about twelve years ago. He is the only parent I have and I guess I'll have to try to make the best of it. Maybe as I progress academically he will start to see the potential. I don't think my father is being disloyal to me so much, I think he doesn't know me well enough and has a real negative perspective on life in general, probably from the booze and my lack of interaction with him. It is disheartening that I don't get his approval but I can't let that get me down.