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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What good is having family if you reject/ abandon family members when they are flawed? [/quote]

Some flaws are manageable and some aren’t.  I would love to have a functional sibling.  Unfortunately, her issues have included staying with a partner who is sexually attracted to children, which precludes me bringing my children to spend time with them.  She’s also drained our parents dry of their assets and has no driver’s license, so I’m the one who provides assistance to them as they age, despite also working full-time, parenting three kids, etc., which further reduces any free time I might have.  If you think I’m a bad person for prioritizing my own health and my immediate family’s health over that of my sibling, that’s your choice.  You don’t have to live my life.[/quote]

For poster above and others that have cut off, at what age did you tell your kids “why” they don’t see aunt/uncle and if then applies, cousins? Or have you? How honest were you and at what ages? If only tell little ones we don’t see uncle Larlo or aunt Larla because of the choices they have made without saying more, know risk is kids get message mixed up and worry they will be dropped too if mess up so do you just put it all out there early knowing kids can handle more than think and more protected if tell them more v sheltering them from what going on with family members?[/quote]

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