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[quote=Anonymous]Hard to say what happened here but I can easily see how estrangement happens. My DH is not estranged from his parents but keeps very limited contact only - phone calls on holidays, weekend visit every 2yrs or so (and we stay in a hotel), and they have access to his FB (he doesn’t post a lot but they do get occasional pics of the kids this way at least). In his case it is due to horribly out-of-line behavior that continued for many many years. He/we tried everything we could to smooth things over (is not possible) and set boundaries. We lived only 2hrs from them for many years and he tried to  set boundaries but boundaries are no use when they refuse to respect them. It finally came to the point (he was nearly 40 and had been dealing with this his whole adult life) where it was either (1) full out estrangement or (2) move far enough away  to FORCE boundaries. We moved. I think in a lot of these cases it is (1) way out of line behavior from parents followed by (2) either an adult child who has trouble setting boundaries, or a parent who refuses to accept them. JMO.[/quote]

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