Is it wrong that I feel bad?

[lemonicetea]

So my aunt is hosting a Mother’s Day brunch with a lot of friends and family members. Since I’m not a big gathering kind of person, I told her that I appreciate the invite but I’ll pass. Since I eat dinner with my parents every Saturday I was just going to spend time with my mom and give her a card and presents then. I just found out that my brother who lives like three hours’ drive away is going to the brunch. I’m most likely going to see him at my parents house so it’s not like I’m going to miss out on him, but I feel kind of guilty that my brother can manage to drive three hours to go to the party I can’t muster up the mental strength to drive across town to go. I feel kind of like a jerk and I should want to spend time with my family. I’m confused on what to do?

[Gebidozo]

Don’t feel bad. I absolutely can’t stand gatherings and seek out every opportunity to avoid them. If I felt guilty every time I refused to attend a gathering I would’ve died of unbearable guilt a long time ago.