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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Their experience may be different than yours. Who are you to judge?[/quote]

Yes, this!

I have a similar life story to you and your siblings. As a child and teen I would have told you that my family handled it well—never yelling, providing for wants as well as needs. But no one was fully emotionally available to me, and I was exposed to a lot of dysfunction in my extended family. It really impacted my sense of what is normal and my ability to adjust socially in young adulthood and the early years of my marriage. At the end of the day, I am an adult responsible for me and doing what I can to move forward in a happy and productive way. However, I had to spend a lot of time in my 20s and 30s processing my upbringing in order to get to a better place. My parents aren’t bad people, but some of their choices did effect me negatively.

Anyway, everyone’s personalities, inner experiences, and level of resilience are different. It’s ok that your siblings feel differently. That shouldn’t change the way you feel about your parents or your choices about how you relate to other family members. It’s also ok to set boundaries for yourself if you don’t want to hear your siblings’ complaints.[/quote]

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