01/13/2026
I (19f) am autistic and no one else in my family is. One of my brothers Marcus (29m) got married to Lilith (28f) a six year ago back. They lived away from here so I didn't know her that well until they moved back here a bit over a year ago. I was really happy at first to have my brother around more but that happiness didn't last long. It started with Lilith referring to me as "it." I told her she can use "she" or "they" for me but "it" makes me uncomfortable and she apologized. Then she did it another time and when I corrected her she said it was "just a joke." I told her that it wasn't funny and not to do it. A while after that I was having a hard time and needed to leave bowling early and I heard Lilith say to Marcus as I was leaving "don't feel bad, it isn't your fault its restarted." If you don't know "restarted" is a variation of the slur r*tarded. I was upset and talked to Marcus a couple days later and told me she was just joking. I told him that it really bothered me and he said he would talk to her. Fast forward a bit, and my fiance Shawn (28m) shows me about a conversation he had with Lilith over text. She had basically insinuated that he has a k*nk for r*tarded girls and that he did a good job finding such a pretty one who can't think but must be nice in other ways. Shawn was very upset that she had said this and so was I. I tried to talk to Marcus but he just told me that Lilith has a dark sense of humor and that she didn't mean to upset anyone. I felt hurt by this still. So, when we made invites we didn't include Marcus or Lilith. When they asked about it I just explained why I chose what I did. They were livid. Now, all of my family is saying that if I don't let Marcus and Lilith come they won't. They bring it up whenever I see them or try and talk to them and tell me I'm being an *sshole about it.