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Posted on 04/25/2026 4:47:19 PM PDT by daniel1212
More Americans are choosing to walk away from difficult relationships instead of working through them, a new survey has revealed.
Nearly two in five Americans — 38% — say they have gone "no contact" with a friend or family member in the past year, according to a survey of 2,000 adults conducted in March by Talker Research for the therapy platform Talkspace...
Younger Americans were far more likely than older generations to report cutting someone off. The survey found that 60% of Gen Z respondents had gone "no contact," compared to 50% of millennials, 38% of Gen X and 20% of baby boomers...
John Puls..said , "This generation appears to have a low tolerance for otherwise poor behavior from their parents," .. "They are often conflict-avoidant, which prevents them from trying to meaningfully work through their issues with their parents."..
Thirty-six percent of overall respondents said the top reason for severing ties with someone was feeling disrespected. Nearly 30% said the relationship negatively affected their mental health or that the other person was too negative....
The cutoffs often appear to last.
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And with a contraception-central culture, thus no children or small families with spoiled children, with little to no siblings to thereby learn tolerance, sharing, delayed gratification, how to resolve conflicts, do chores, experience discipline, etc.. Thus "conflict-avoidant," intolerance of disagreements, with quest for control as elite liberals.
More research:
"Four in five children don't do any housework, even though "doing chores is proven to be one of the strongest predictors of success in life overall, and lacking in initiative.
Which started before the more recent generations. Related to that,
Rising Number of Men Don't Want to Work - Newsweek May 6, 2024 American men are opting out of the workforce at unforeseen rates. For many, it's not an issue of not being able to find a job. They have simply opted out altogether.
Millions of men have dropped out of the workforce, leaving companies ... A large number of American men between 25 and 54 years old are not working or even looking for work.
Back to kids, lack of unstructured play, which is important, is part of the indolence among youth. Which even includes not riding bikes, an unstructured activity of freedom:
From 2019: Fewer Children Are Riding Bikes - Forbes Jul 31, 2019 Various surveys find a sharp decline in the number of children who ride bikes -- and there are many, many reasons why.
The number of kids riding their bikes regularly has dropped from 20.5 million in the 1990s to just 10.9 million in 2023 - https://www.boisebicycleproject.org/about/blog/2025/7/22/why-fewer-kids-are-bikingReasons cited as things like too many cars, etc, but that did not deter us. When I was a kid, chores were required but bikes were an extension of ourselves, and we played tackle football with no equipment, and built "forts" in the woods, etc. Just be home by 5p - or else!
I know.
I’m about to cut off John Thune....
Do older generations “working through them(problems)” or does one member of the relationship just put up with the situation?
Thirty-six percent of overall respondents said the top reason for severing ties with someone was feeling disrespected.
All the institutions are collapsing so it is not surprising that this is happening.
I’ve got a friend with one kid and heard of another friend of a friends with 2 kids that are over 20 and have not gotten their drivers license nor have any plans to!
My BIL and his commie NY teacher wife are idiots. I don’t see myself as “estranged” as much I just don’t want to listen to dumb asses.
I don’t refuse to talk to them, I just refuse to listen to leftist hokem. When the commie bs comes up, I’m outta there.
I am a Lifelong motorcycle lover and still riding daily at 74. But when they asked what motorcycle her 42 year old son with a bad back and mental problems should buy for his daily transportation I said a cheap car. Unless you want to scrape him up from the pavement with a shovel. Did not even register with those nimrods.
Communism’s 60 year plan in effect and winning.
Christianity isn’t being taught, and is little practiced in everyday life, people don’t care about each other.
Actually it might be a better idea. If you can’t work it out and the relationship cannot improve, it may be best to let it go. The added stress can affect your physical and mental health. Especially if you are a guy, they’ve got a massive study from europe that stress like this shortens a mans life. Guys, you need peace, not drama/stress.
I heard one woman say she loved her husband but divorced him because he no longer met her needs. Helloooooo! People you love, you work with even if it means tough love. If someone is guilty of substance abuse, you shouldn't enable them. If they are guilty of infidelity and have no intention of changing their ways, you don't keep them. If they have developed an extreme entitlement mentality like so many of the far left, you need to cut ties before they drag you to financial ruin.
Other than these three exceptions, if you love them, you will stand by them.
Exactly.
Unfortunately.
I might at a 4th exception such as you want to stay active in your faith and they won’t allow it, but that usually means they have developed an entitlement mentality, a substance abuse problem or an infidelity habit. These three red lines tend to go hand-in-hand.
Well, gee, look who they are cutting off.
The first step to fixing it is recognizing the problem.
Grow up and stop blame shifting.
And which reliably pathetic demo has been annoyingly vocal about ending relationships?
Because of my parents’ truly ugly divorce and my father’s early death, there was a great deal of blaming and truly ugly statements from both sides of the family.
The things that were said were truly toxic, deeply hurtful to us children.
And yet in retrospect, I am glad to have known those people and that I never cut them off when I was grown. I wish they had been more judicious, more forgiving, less hurtful...but they were my family.
Now I am cut off by a child for not cutting off someone for not cutting off someone else - and my brothers may never speak again to each other. And yes the offenses were real and serious and lasting, I don’t minimize them.
Prayers please, for my child and all the parents and children separated by choice - may there be healing and reconciliation.
I honestly didn't think EVERYTHING would be destroyed so quickly.
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