Hardly, your reactions are of the stereotypical petulant child. Puling and whining about how most parents would be thrilled to have a kid as fabulous as you....please.
One day you will think back on your actions now with deep shame and regret, and you will ask for your family's forgiveness. You will receive that forgiveness, but I'm placing this as a little marker, a witness in the Old Testament sense, because you should remember the damage your vanity single-handedly did to your family in this period.
And you call me contentious.
The usual suspects are AWOL, but Alan's posse is obviously alive and well on FreeRepublic.