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[quote=Anonymous]I jumped on the opportunity to leave my mother's sphere of influence as a young adult to study in the US for grad school, get married and have kids here. I know there are financial and filial ties that hamper a lot of people from entirely cutting off their difficult parent. I didn't cut my mother off entirely, but I did set boundaries, and living so far away from her and only talking to her at scheduled intervals materially helped with respecting those boundaries. One of the reasons I didn't cut her off was because I wanted to see my father. So I'm going to say: if you're an able-bodied adult, you are responsible for your own happiness and you certainly should not wait until a parent dies to feel a sense of self-determination. [/quote]
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