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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People having more autonomy over their lives. [/quote] I would add that even the term is getting to be antiquated. Estrangement was such a dire thing- like "elope" and "excommunicate" and "exile". These days, those things are not so dire, and we just say "we're not that close or we are LC/NC". It seems to have less ostracizing or pecuniary consequences. So yes, more agency, less drama. [/quote] I’d add that it wasn’t uncommon to go low contact with obnoxious relatives in the past but people didn’t use the term estrangement. They simply found other reasons to say why they weren’t visiting. Travel 40 years ago was more expensive and even long distance calls cost money so expectations were lower. [/quote]
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