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[quote=Anonymous]The parental relationship is a hard one to break. My parents were more neglectful than abusive, but it's only now that I'm an adult (and a parent) that I see how terrible my childhood was. Some of that was a byproduct of stress and poor coping skills on their part. Some of it was just them both putting their careers above everything else and being oblivious.

Now they are more settled in life and act like completely different people. They're always talking about the importance of family and trying to get me to come visit them with the kids. These are people who had family dinner with me maybe 5 times a year (including holidays) and took me to see extended family twice in my entire childhood!

This new attitude is strange because we have no foundation to build on. Also, with young kids I am super busy and I do not want to spend my limited vacation time visiting them. So, I tell them they're welcome to come visit us, but I haven't gone to visit them yet. I feel no guilt about this - and you shouldn't either OP. [/quote]

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