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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents isolated me from both sides of my family growing up, now I’m an adult and we’re effectively estranged. There’s no shared history and it’s too hard to start a relationship now.

So, yeah, zero family means zero conflicts. Yay me! [/quote]

The family was probably toxic and that’s why they did so, hence the zero conflict. Go make your own family of friends/nuclear family bitter one.[/quote]

And maybe the parents were the toxic ones?

Anyways I have started my own family, but I do feel a pang of loneliness every time I see my DH with his extended family. That’s a connection I will never have no matter how wonderful my own children and in-laws are. [/quote]

I’m the PP you’re addressing. Maybe they were. I’m in your same position, and I completely understand those pangs. However, my extended family is very disturbed. I would never have that extended family I envy so much, but do try very hard to raise my family differently.[/quote]

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