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[quote=Anonymous]Wow OP, I cannot believe some of the posters on this thread. Talk about mean girls.

Most healthy individuals recognize that no one should have to bear the burden of a parent's unhealthy behavior.

FWIW, I was in a similiar situation, although much younger when my parents split. I spent my entire childhood going to stay with my father and stepmother on weekends due to legal custody obligations, and of course developed a close relationship with my stepmother over the years. Not that I preferred her over my mother, mind you.

At 18 once I was no longer legally obligated to go to my dad's, my mother demanded that I cease all contact with him, my stepmother, and siblings because of what they had "done to her" 16 years before.

I loved my mother very much and this was very difficult for me. Over the years her harping on and on, I did start to distance myself from them out of warped respect to her. At 40, I barely see my Dad anymore and my mother has been estranged from me for the past 5 yrs (for other reasons).

Don't turn on your father and his family, they're still your family.[/quote]

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