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[quote=Anonymous]Nope. I'm the youngest and I know my older siblings endured more physical abuse than I did, but I had more neglect and emotional abuse. My parents divorced when I was 3 and my mom remarried right away to the first idiot who would give a woman with 7 kids the time of day and that had it's own set of nightmares (literally.) Then my oldest sister was murdered when I was almost 8 and my mom and stepdad adopted her baby and the cycle continued. My dad died when I was 14 and I hate the fact that my mom effectively stole his grandchild, his dead daughter's child, from him because she was selfish--they were both too immature to actually act like adults during the divorce and after, and things really spiraled after my sister died (which I understand.)

My mom is 83 and in rough shape due to falls and multiple broken bones that have landed her in a rehab place and in and out of the hospital recently. Part of it is her very sedentary lifestyle and eating junk junk junk. I asked her the other week (and have asked variations of the same question) if she had a Time Machine would she go back and do anything different or go visit any place in time. She said she'd go back to the day of her most recent fall and not fall. Good lord. 83 and can't think of a single thing she might want to do different? Or a place she'd want to visit? That's when I realized I'll never get an apology for the terrible parenting we endured and I have to make peace with it once and for all. [/quote]

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