"My father agreed initially, then said he was too busy (he's retired) and refused to go. He then cut me off and announced to the family that he was disowning me. My sister believes his story that I cut him off. Since she was never treated poorly, she doesn't believe that I was. How can I continue my relationship with her, while she remains close with him?"
"Since we've begun talking again, we have shared that the relationships we're in now aren't good. Mine is verbally and emotionally abusive. (My partner used to be physically abusive until two years ago.) Abby, all my feelings for my ex have come back, and he says he feels the same. We're different people now. We haven't taken it any further than talking and texting. I'm so confused."
A daughter reports childhood abuse and paternal favoritism; the father punished her for imperfections, favored a younger sister, refused family counseling, and publicly disowned the daughter while the sister accepts the father's version. Options include asking other relatives who recall the family dynamic to corroborate the daughter's account or maintaining the sister relationship by agreeing not to discuss the father. A mother reconnects with her son's father; both are now in unhealthy relationships, mutual feelings resurfaced through talking and texting, and she is uncertain whether to leave her current partner to pursue reconciliation. One suggested perspective notes there may be little to lose in exploring reconciliation.
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