My family is demented

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So my family is horrible! Today I only watched 3 episodes of my show so I could spend time with my family but my dad got home late from a cousin's house and then got into a big fight with my mom about going to Walmart to buy tissues and then she yelled at him because her cousin didn't pay for his dinner after helping him fix stuff. I asked my mother to go out to dinner but she was busy watching lifetime so I listened to music and then she said I was upsetting her movie and I said we should take a holiday to new york but my dad said a guy showed him horrid pictures of new york and that i should pay if we go on vacation we went on to all complain about what to eat and my mom wanted some new jewelry but the place was closed and now were "taking a ride" i guess but not after a huge blowout

And how exactly is this "demented"?

Run on sentences are very hard to read. Or at least they are for me.

your family is fun!

Just a little on the testy side, that's all. Perhaps the heat is getting to them.

Sounds like a lively bunch.

It could be worse.

Welcome to the "my family is crazy" club - I assure you, you're in good company.

Sounds like a typical family to me!

I made some observations on my family the other day. (Context: I think my parents both have strong aspergers traits, probably not enough to be diagnosed)

We were going to a restaurant, my dad was concentrating on manoeuvring the car and my mum waved to a neighbour.

my mum waved at a neighbour and said 'he is a nice man' followed by some detail on why.
my dad didn't hear so my mum got annoyed and repeated her self 'I said he is a nice man'
my dad snapped back 'what are you talking about!?' as he was still trying to move the car,
my mum said back to him 'the man I waved at, you never listen'
my dad replied 'outside the car?'
my mum replied 'what are you talking about, we're inside the car -you're mad'
my dad said 'no you are mad'
my mum said 'why did you say you were outside the car?'
my dad says 'I was asking did you wave when you were outside the car'
my mum quite annoyed said 'the.man.I.just.waved.at.just.now. what is wrong with you?'
my dad said 'no it is you you are most peculiar you expect everyone to be watching you all the time and know exactly what you are thinking'
awkward drive to the restaurant, when we get there my mum winces when other people enjoying themselves laugh too loudly, and my dad make complaining comments about them when obviously in ear shot.

Just remember thinking there are so many traits in play here, my dad is in his own world most of the time, my mum does think people can read her mind, passive aggressive bickering due to never communicating properly, misunderstandings, sensory oversensitivity, negativism. Think it is a shame they can recognise problems in each other but not themselves.

Sounds fairly NT to me, something_.

My parents used to do all of the above and they certainly weren't on the spectrum. e.g I think the issue with the loudness at the restaurant was not about the noise (sensory hypersensitivity) but the fact that it is considered generally inappropriate to be loud and disruptive in a public place, especially a restaurant. Hence your mother grimacing and your dad making a comment about it.

And as a female who spends a lot of time in the company of other women, I can honestly say I don't know a female who doesn't think people can mind read. Men too to a certain degree.

Despite NT's getting touted as superior communicators, I actually think under the surface they're pretty poor at it (just not as bad as us on the spectrum )

New York is a nice place for a vacation! Don't let anybody deter you from coming!