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If someone tells you they don't have a relationship with their family, shut the fuck up with the "You should reconcile with them" or "Family are the most important people in your life, you should mend fences", etc. Just shut the fuck up with that shit. You don't know that person's family history.
09:20 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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Sandy Chin
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MYOB. People are not allowed to tell anyone how they should live their life
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Gypsy Gypsy
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Ces Thee History Geek
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Thank you!
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Carol Wilson
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So true. Some of the cruelest people look good on the outside.
10:50 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Karen B
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Exactly, you don’t know my family, so don’t tell me to forgive and make up.
09:14 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Ground Control
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Lived that one from a lot of idiots who looked the other way on my abusive junkie old man.
08:46 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Michigander
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Fuckers
08:50 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Michigander
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Horrible!
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E.X.A.C.T.L.Y
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Donna
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I don't interact with any of my immediate family. Sometimes, it is all about self preservation.
05:11 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Michigander
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Self preservation is a good way to put it. 💜
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Jeff Russell
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So, you've met my family too?
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Michigander
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😆
08:31 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Pamela
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I have a complicated relationship with my mom. When I went away to college, I realized how much less stressed I felt. I moved far away after. Later, when she kept asking questions on a topic I said was off limits, I hung up each time. Finally she got the msg. I hated when folks said “Call her.” No.
01:29 PM - Apr 05, 2024 (Edited)
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Michigander
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Stepping away from my family was the best thing I could do for my own emotional and psychological health.
08:35 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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John Bolton's Mustache™️☑️
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Thank you.

A month or so ago, when I was venting about having an argument with my parents, someone tried to pull that 'family is important' shit with me and it pissed me off. My relationship w/ my parents has always been challenging, that was not what I needed to hear at that moment.
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Sean Andrews
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This is an important message on two levels. First, we have no idea what someone has experienced and need to trust they have made the sane decision. Second important point, we need to wean ourselves off of offering unsolicited advice on all subjects. If no one asked, dont feel compelled to offer
01:09 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Jacquelyn G.
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The best times in my life were when I kept away from my family. Now there’s only two left alive and I couldn’t even tell you where they live. Hallelujah and there’s no imaginary scenario that would convince me to let these dangerous individuals back in my life. My kids have never even met my sister.
10:49 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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I so totally agree with you. Separating from my toxic family was the best thing I ever did for myself. The hardest part was dealing with all of the know-it-alls who kept telling me family means everything. I would say fine, you deal with them.
12:16 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Michigander
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If I had kids, no way would they meet my family.
08:25 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Melissa Griffith ☕ aka Masker
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Somebody tried to tell me that. When I got done telling them why I will never ever allow that shit in my life, they were shocked to silence. Haven't seen any of my family for 20 years, and my husband never met them. Best decision I ever made!
10:17 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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Michigander
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And it sucks to have to relive that shit in the telling of it just bc some dickhole wants to try and sound all kumbaya. 🤮
08:23 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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BigBrownGirl
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To underscore-- *That's* the whole fuckin point. No one in your sphere is the ::would walk tf away from their raised in family FOR NO REASON:: kinda human being. So you know all ya need to know about their situ. Why do anything other than support what they've chosen as best for their life, 'friend'?
10:12 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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Pamela
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This is exactly how I know who my friends were/are. When I said something about my mom, they got it.
01:37 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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PS Annie
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💯
10:08 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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C. Shuy (she/they)
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yeah, there is a reason why my parents are 2 timezones away in a different state
10:07 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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Jennifer Moore Baker
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This! Sometimes you have to step away to protect yourself.
09:56 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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Robin
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No kidding! Well said!
09:52 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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E Z
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This is true.
09:43 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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Ellen Leigh
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Exactly. For some of us, family members were our first abusers. Not necessarily physically, but emotionally and psychologically in a narcissistic family dynamic where everything looked great to the outside world, but very, very different in private.
09:37 AM - Apr 05, 2024
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Pamela
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When my counselor mentioned that she thought my mom was a narcissist, I thought - That explains a lot.
01:42 PM - Apr 05, 2024
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Jeff Russell
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And you win the internet today!
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(Gif nodding while smiling)
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