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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a while I was very close to cutting off my parents. My mom would physically drag me out of the house if I didn't eat her meal and would beat me if I didn't do what she wanted. I was stuck in "that place" of emotional pain for a while well into my adulthood.  When I had my own children, I vowed to not be anything like my parents. I did the opposite.  I tried to be nurturing and put their needs ahead of mine. I never physically or mentally abused them. Like the vast majority of parents, I love my kids tremendously. However, one of my kids ended up hating me and being estranged (she will not tell me why). Ironically, this estrangement helped me begin the journey of healing my relationship with my own parents.[/quote]

What things/behaviors/choices has she told you upset her in the past, before the estrangement, that you continued? Odds are she thinks she has told you exactly why.[/quote]

She never has. A lot of estranged parents truly do know.  [/quote]

The idea that an adult was never once able to tell her parent she was upset suggests something.[/quote]

It's not uncommon for estranged kids to simply drop the "no contact" bomb and walk away with no explanation. It's a sign of immaturity or in many cases the estranged adult child doesn't know the reason either.
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They just know it’s a trendy thing to do on social media.[/quote]

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