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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you consider emotional support op?[/quote]

I’m not the op but here are some emotional supports I missed growing up:

-no hugs or words of encouragement, constant criticism.
- openly mocked by parents when I showed feelings that were too strong — too happy, too sad, etc.
- never asked how my day was, or anything about my life, as a child or as an adult. When I offer details, the topic is immediately changed. To this day my parents have no idea who my friends are, what I majored in in college, or what I do for a living, despite my trying to tell them.[/quote]

I could have written this as it was/is my family.  I send my parents pictures of the kids first day of school and I get no response.  I called to tell them my DD's high school graduation date and they said they were excited to go to a museum in D.C. My mom asked if they needed tickets for the museum not one comment about graduation.[/quote]

Ugh, I’m sorry.

I once gave the MIL l occitane lotion and she gave it away to the cleaning lady. Right in front of me and we were staying there for a week. Whatever!

We brought them on a beach trip and paid for their weekly condo unit in Bahamas, and when asked how they liked this beach week they responded: don’t know, haven’t been to other ones.

We drive them around on fun day trips and they have nothing to say - not about the dinner, the sailboat ride, the naval academy tour. Nothing. No thoughts. No thank you.

Now I do nothing. They get no utility out of anything, why bust my balls buying stuff or tickets or arranging the day.

My kids, now older, don’t know what is going on. Everything is so check the box. Society said to visit, we visit, say hello, say good bye. Like robots. [/quote]

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