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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad did that to me.  He would ask personal questions like: “Have you ever been pregnant?” before he would sign my college tuition checks.  It’s sad that he never thought to develop the kind of relationships with his kids that encouraged conversations and trust instead.  It was also sad and stressful for both of us that he apparently never thought about the fact that I would end up as he legal next of kin— making medical decisions on his behalf. When he died, my initial feeling was relief.  [/quote]

I can empathize with this.

My father repeatedly told me growing up that he didn’t want children and I was forced on him, so he kicked me out when I turned 18. I paid my own way through college and now that his grandchildren are about to go to college, he and my mother have cut off all respectful contact with our family even though I have counseled DC to apply to schools that we can afford without inheritance. I can’t even text my mother or call her without him texting for her and telling her what to say to me. He takes her phone, babbles over her when I try to have a separate conversation with her, and inserts himself and tries to override every interaction I have with her. She allows it, so she’s lost contact with her only offspring as a result.

Her loss.[/quote]

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