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I wouldn’t care if a relative voted for Harris. But if they required that family members had to be vaxxed for Christmas or a Wedding, they’re basically asking for estrangement.
An epidemic?
It might be a long overdue blessing. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Emotional blackmail, we used to call that.
Liberals are sociopaths.
It’s called going “no contact” and is all the rage on Reddit.
Grandma or Grandpa voted differently? No contact. It’s basically a stompy-foot, spoiled brat reaction by Millenials/Gen Zers to Boomers/Gen X. “Do/vote/act as I demand or we cut you off from us and your grandchildren.”
And they do it with smugness and self-righteousness.
The little over half that are estranged that want to reconcile should be better defined. I would not be surprised that most of that group are conservatives as it is the left that seems to be much more likely to cut someone off that is conservative than vice versa. One of my kids and spouse went woke and substantially cut both us and the spouses parents off due to politics. We all still love them and want good relations. I have seen this a lot. It’s the left that has become totally intolerant of anyone not accepting amp professing their views.
As one of my friends has, it has become a religion to them. It truly is their religion.
Not me.
I didn’t go to the special birthday party of an older family member.
When someone gushes about obama in front of you..when they are FOR all the SICK things dems are for...I dunno...she was good to me and I kinda regret it.
But the things she believed..why did she have to say them out loud?!
It happened to us with our younger daughter, and it started during Covid.
We didn’t discuss politics and had always supported her and her husband’s ambitions in life. We respected her privacy and didn’t try to tell them what to do or criticize their choices. We had a strong family relationship with virtually no unpleasantness or animosity until she turned about 40, and then she snapped and we’re suddenly responsible for effing up her life somehow.
I tried reaching out in a loving way and telling her how much we missed having her in our lives, but she would not respond. Sending birthday greetings infuriated her, because she’ll ‘let us know’ when it’s ok to contact her.
It hurts. I had a great relationship with her. Until I didn’t. Literally in the snap of a finger, and I don’t know why.
My wife, her mother, is an angel and doesn’t deserve this. In 2023, my wife faced 4 serious spine surgeries and I sent a message to our daughter to let her know that her mother’s health was not good. She never responded.
This is a HEALTH CARE WORKER - a surgical tech. Makes me wonder about her compassion for the patients she interacts with on a daily basis. Frankly, I think there’s some mental illness going on here.
Sorry for pouring my heart out inappropriately...
I’ve been estranged from one of my sisters for quite a few years now. I have no idea of her politics, but I do know that she’s bat-crap crazy.
Estrangement of parents by their children has been widespread and growing in the past 10 to 15 years.
We live in a pretty sick culture.
If posters on this forum react to people in their lives the same way they do to anyone here who expresses a different opinion, you can’t be surprised by this.
It’s toxic bs.
Since early January, I have seen posts, usually 3-5 per day, by one sibling on FB. I am not on FB, but my spouse is, so we can see the posts. They are 100% anti-Trump, but also with plenty of blustering about how only really stupid people would support Trump. Then my other 4 siblings and several cousins all add comments in agreement with this person’s posts.
Last year, we had a 4 sisters’ weekend, for the first time ever, living in 4 different states, we got together. I have to think, that if they wanted to do another one, I would either not be invited or I would decline, since it is so clear they all think I am some kind of evil monster.
Up until about November, we just never discussed politics at all. It seems clear to me that those days are in the past now. It makes me sad.
The Democrats are a death cult that practices shunning and breaks up families.
Just reading the headline I knew this was going to be about #TDS Trump Derangement Syndrome.
My MIL’s brother disowned most of the rest of the family (of course including me and the wife) over Trump 6-7 years ago. His loss.
Just reading the headline I knew this was going to be about #TDS Trump Derangement Syndrome.
My MIL’s brother disowned most of the rest of the family (of course including me and the wife) over Trump 6-7 years ago. His loss.
We work at overcoming it but since democrats in my family far outnumber conservatives, it’s rough at times.
Got a close relative that has gone quiet.
I’m giving her a year from the inauguration to cool down before I ask “what did or didn’t happen that you were so afraid of?” Haven’t decided yet if I’ll just phone or show up at her door.
Another isn’t real happy with me but we still talk/text. Her hubby’s job depends on gov’t grants so some stress there. He’s not mixed up in the social justice warrior crap.
God first.
Do the reject Christ?
Happened to me beginning in 2018, my sister and her evil, controlling husband sued me as executor of my Mother’s Trust, myself as an individual, and my Mother to Court who was in good health at the time beginning in 2014 which drug out for near 4 years and as the trial neared they recruited my oldest Son to testify against me and my Mother as he has a whole lot of anger issues due to my Ex-Wife lies. Anyway he got up there and lied about everything, how I mistreated him, his Grandma mistreated him, just BS lies... After that little incident he refuses to allow me to see the Grandkids or no interest in seeing his dying Grandma so I have prayed and prayed and God gave me the answer to let him go as he would deal with him and move on, so I have. Needless to say his life is pretty crappy these days..Good enough for him.
From WHICH relative? The one who was "shunned?!"
Regards,