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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe the person who doesn’t go out of their way to air their side of a personal relationship publicly. There’s something wrong with a person who does that. [/quote]
They do that out of the same heartache as a death.
Millennials need to understand how relationships work and how to communicate. Estrangement is epic in this generation and it is usually a daughter or son in law that draws a line in the sand. I've heard a ton of stories as to why someone thinks  their MIL is toxic. They don't know what toxic means.  Any comment is misconstrued,  ever thought,  and taken personally...and then the family is cut off.[/quote]

This, only it's worse than death as the child is alive and choosing to put parents through this pain. A lot of them are going to have regrets. They are also setting examples for their own children that will come back to bite them. Forgive. Move on. We are all deeply flawed.

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[b]You see, “we are all deeply flawed” is not a get out of jail card.[/b] We are not talking about one isolated occasion back in the 2nd grade. It’s years of systematic emotional mistreatment and toxicity that continues to affect the lives of adult children and their families.  Unless the perpetrator realizes they’ve done wrong and changes their behavior, there is no way forward. [/quote]

+1  I'm in my 50s, my father has been dead for 25 years and I have absolutely no regrets about cutting him off.  I only wish he were out of my life sooner than he was.  My kids are now young adults and they know the whole story.  I have no fear of them cutting me off because I show them respect and love.  My father reaped what he sowed as am I.  I'm very happy with my choice. You do you, though.

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