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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Life is too short. You’ll regret this childish behavior. They are old and not going to change. Try to look for the good in them - they’ll soon be gone forever. [/quote]

It is not childish to expect people to apologize when they have wronged are harmed you, and stop harmful behavior when asked.

It IS childish to expect people to continue wanting to be around you or engage with you when you ignore their feelings, fail to own up to your mistakes, refuse to apologize when you are wrong, and generally treat them with dismissal and disrespect.

Want a healthy adult relationship, with anyone? Treat them with respect, kindness, openness and authenticity.

It is extraordinarily selfish and childish for grown adults to think they can treat people with disrespect, with no consequences. [/quote]

Ok, but for all of OP's word salad, it's still unclear to me what "harm" her parents caused and what their harmful behavior was that warrents estrangement as punishment.  Look, if she doesn't like them and doesn't want to be in contact anymore, fine, but at some point we all need to grow up and take some responsibility rather than continuing to blame our parents (or siblings) for everything that's gone wrong in our lives.[/quote]
The correct advice for this era! 
Just grow TF up. [/quote]

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