The letter writer doesn’t have a relationship with their abusive stepparent and their siblings don’t understand why.
I was raised in a very abusive environment. The abuse was very seriously physical on my dad’s side, and mentally and emotionally on my mom’s. I left home at age 17. I limited my interactions with both sides thereafter.There were several times over my young adult life that horrible things were said by both parents that caused me to completely stop interacting with them. Nobody even contacted me when they died.
What no family members should do is insist that others must feel the way they feel, or react the way they do. That goes for your sibling, and it also goes for you. You have a duty to take care of yourself, to protect yourself, and to continue to work toward your own continued healing.One of our sons and his fiancée are going to get married in a civil ceremony nine months before they have a formal wedding.
Saving money on health insurance is on the less romantic end of the spectrum. I wish they hadn’t told you about this legal ceremony, because it would have spared you hours of rumination and judgment.
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