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re: Estranged From Parents
Posted on 11/4/24 at 7:51 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 11/4/24 at 7:51 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My parents are awesome. I talk to my dad every day pretty much. Sometimes it's a little obvious that he's finding a random made up excuse to call and ask me something. I think it's great.
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Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:08 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Haven’t talked to my dad in person since 1989 or my Mom (no pics) since 1996.
We each have a legitimate reason for not speaking since then.
RIP
We each have a legitimate reason for not speaking since then.
RIP
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:25 pm to chryso
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some people are truly terrible and need to be cut out
This is the case with my children’s father. Neither one of them speak to him. He’s an abuser and he refuses to get mental help. Both of his parents are dead and neither of his brothers have anything to do with him either. My children are better off without him. My daughter has been estranged from him for a very long time. She’s got a long list of issues that stem from his abuse. She and I even didn’t speak for about 3 years because she was making terrible life choices and refused to listen to reason. She finally hit rock bottom and is on the way up. She got help and she’s making good choices now and her life has taken a turn in the right direction. My son finally pulled the plug on their relationship when he got engaged and was planning his wedding and future family. He didn’t want his wife and children exposed to him and his abuse. Once he made the decision, he said he felt relieved. He had struggled with it for a long time. He felt like he had to put up with him because he was his father. I feel for both of my kids because I had a great father and they missed out on that. They have plenty of other family and friends that love them and treat them respectfully though.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:34 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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I’m not personally, but a good friend of mine from college is estranged from his Mom. He has called her a toxic person who has not taken accountability for the shite she put him through and he cut her out of his life completely. Doesn’t even let her see his children, although she tried to take him to court over it, claiming she had a legal right to see them. Didn’t work.
Are you estranged from a parent or both? Do you know anyone who completely cut ties with their parents? I know for a lot of us, it can be hard to imagine cutting our Mom and Dad out of our life, but it seems to be happening more and more in society.
The Family break up stuff Democrats will upon us
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:41 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My sister estranged herself from our family about 12 years ago. Her husband (who is also estranged from his family) says he never felt accepted in our family, and my mother somehow wronged him so badly, they will not associate with us any longer. He went so far as taking a check my parents sent to their grandson for his birthday, tore it up and returned it to my parents.
When we did used to talk (my sister and I), conversations with her always ended with ‘I better go so I can finish dinner before (husband) gets home.’ When my other sister died in 2014, she got all up in arms because my mother ‘wasn’t the only person that lost someone’, so we shouldn’t have doted on her so much
I’m 1 of 4 kids, and somehow, there’s no problems with the rest of us. She and her husband are just self centered assholes, and they’re on an island out in the country with ZERO family outside of the three of them. It’s sad, really, but she did it to herself.
When we did used to talk (my sister and I), conversations with her always ended with ‘I better go so I can finish dinner before (husband) gets home.’ When my other sister died in 2014, she got all up in arms because my mother ‘wasn’t the only person that lost someone’, so we shouldn’t have doted on her so much
I’m 1 of 4 kids, and somehow, there’s no problems with the rest of us. She and her husband are just self centered assholes, and they’re on an island out in the country with ZERO family outside of the three of them. It’s sad, really, but she did it to herself.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:42 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I haven’t talked to my dad in over 10 years. I can have peace or I can have him in my life, but I can’t have both.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:43 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes father is admitted child molester and mother stays with him
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:46 pm to GatorPA84
Whoa
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:47 pm to LegendInMyMind
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I have an uncle who cut his son and his son's family out of his life. He has two grandkids he rarely saw. They're grown now, and they've only seen him a handful of times. It was all because he married a black girl and my uncle couldn't handle it. Or, let's say that my uncle's second wife couldn't handle it and my uncle is the definition of a pussy-whipped man, even his ex-wife says that (she's the mother of the cousin who was disowned). She left my uncle because in her words he is a, "A weak man, and she needed someone with a backbone." He's a dick, and I will always hold the way he acted towards those children against him. His ex-wife, my ex-aunt, is one of my favorite people in the world.
I have a headache from reading that.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:50 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Complete opposite here: my mom and dad have set huge example of a nuclear family, and it has trickled down into a great thing.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:01 pm to Bayou
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Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:02 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I’ve been basically estranged from my mother for 4.5 years. She unexpectedly left my dad after 41 years and asked the family to not contact her until she was ready.
At the time I was living about an hour away from them and seeing them on a weekly basis at the least. It hit me hard. I think I’ve spoken to her less than 5 times since July 2020.
Fun side note: she showed up unannounced at my house one Saturday morning last summer. I slammed the door in her face, poured a stiff bourbon and continued on with my day.
At the time I was living about an hour away from them and seeing them on a weekly basis at the least. It hit me hard. I think I’ve spoken to her less than 5 times since July 2020.
Fun side note: she showed up unannounced at my house one Saturday morning last summer. I slammed the door in her face, poured a stiff bourbon and continued on with my day.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:03 pm to GatorPA84
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Yes father is admitted child molester and mother stays with him
Goddamn
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:18 pm to Penrod
quote:my husband doesn’t talk to his parents. When our sixth child was born, they drove 2 1/2 hours to come see the baby.
I can’t tell what you’re talking about here.
I asked my mother in law if she wanted to hold the baby and my mother in law said ‘no, I don’t want to hold the baby, I just wanted to see if it’s my son’s child.’
Then she went on a rant about how she couldn’t believe we were still together and having sex.
They left not too long after that.
Is that clearer?
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:58 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Interesing posts. In my family (and extended) it's the parents (not mine) that cut off contact with the adult children. It's like when Frank and Estelle cut George out. The drama, demanding money, snarky attitudes. It's the opposite...
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:02 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Thank God for my parents. And thank God for threads like these that open my eyes and make me appreciate them more.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:04 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Mom's passed. Dad could die in a fire tomorrow and I doubt anyone would tell me. I have no use for those who only take in a relationship.
Every day I wake my little boy up, I wish he would have met his grandmother. I've never once thought about even letting his grandfather know he exists.
Every day I wake my little boy up, I wish he would have met his grandmother. I've never once thought about even letting his grandfather know he exists.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:16 pm to SaintlyTiger88
This election is putting a strain on my nuclear family, hoping it's not permanent.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:54 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Not estranged but we talk maybe once a month.
I'm an only child and I have no kids.
I'm an only child and I have no kids.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 11:34 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Reading this thread makes me realize how blessed I am. I had a great Dad and have a wonderful mother. We have always spent holidays with extended family with grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. I feel bad for people who have don’t have that.
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