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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The dissenters either (1) have never had an emotionally volatile sibling, or (2) are themselves the emotionally volatile sibling.

No one's talking about cutting out a sibling over few and far between misunderstandings or an isolated instance of unkindness.

But repeated & constant unkindness, manipulation, anger, lying, harassment, disrespect for boundaries, and other forms of regular repeated abuse is absolutely a valid reason for either distancing or completely cutting off a sibling.

I cut out a brother a few years ago. It breaks my heart not to have a relationship with his kids, but at the same time he's used his kids as an emotional chess piece in our own sibling-relationship. It's not fair to his kids, and it's not fair to myself. There is no option that is ideal but I feel 150% confident that I made the best one possible by having zero-to-no relationship with my brother anymore.

It's just what it is with the cards we're dealing with. 
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Well, harassment and regular repeated *abuse* is probably grounds to cut someone off.  Being jealous/annoyed because Suzy always gets her way and acts perfect all the time is understandable but not worth Da-Da-Dum "Cutting her OFF!".  One is a prudent the other dramatic.[/quote]

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