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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In all the cases of estrangement I’ve encountered there’s never been one that happened for no reason. There’s usually a reason, one that the party who is cut off dismisses or ignores as not important enough.

“Coinciding with a happy event in my life” makes me wonder how the younger sibling was treated in this happy event— my younger SIL barely exchanged three words with my older SIL in the year after her wedding because older SIL was *so awful*. Of course older SIL would say younger was “jealous” she wasn’t married yet…[/quote]

Disagree. There are two sides to every story, plus the actual truth. Everyone experiences things differently too.  I don’t think it is ever that simple, and rarely is one person truly an innocent victim unless you are talking about sexual abuse. [/quote]

But aren't you contradicting yourself?  If everyone experiences things differently, then what is the "truth" is not always clear cut.  My mom and her sister are always weird and petty with eachother, including some periods of no contact, and it's gotten worse over time now that myself and my cousins are grown.  I guess you could say the truth is that it stems from my grandmother pitting them against eachother in childhood, but IMO the other truth is that they are grown adults who would both benefit from some therapy and anxiety meds.[/quote]

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