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To: cgbg
if family thinks they own you, they are your enemy—forever.

tell them she loves them, do her own thing, and pray for them. . . Eyes often open up eventually, if you give (panicky) people time and space.

I'm not seeing a contradiction here. They're either her enemy forever, or . . . not so much. We're not God, so we can make our best guess, but we don't know the future. I don't see how she loses, whether her family stays deluded, or gets on the sane train.

I have plenty of wacko-birds in my family. Some have gone from "enemy" to friend; some haven't. I've been wrong plenty of times. If I spend my time trying to maintain an "enemyship" in my mind, I'm using up brain-space, and probably sinning against charity.

48 posted on 08/27/2021 1:05:38 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: SamuraiScot

The problem is we are not talking about an intellectual disagreement.

As you might have guessed, I had this issue with my parents after I left the nest.

I told them my boundaries, and said do not cross them.

They crossed them, and I was done with them—forever.

I have a sister who forgave them and prayed for them and visited them and then faced emotional abuse over and over and over again.

Her call—but I will have none of it.

When people say they own you, believe it and run!


49 posted on 08/27/2021 1:16:06 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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