That’s what makes reconciliation so hard. Estranged parents see a power struggle. We just want a healthy relationship.
2026-06-16 00:12:36
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The Fourest Four 🏳️🌈💙 :
My dad died on Sunday, 9 days shy of being no contact for 9 years. I regret nothing.
2026-05-21 15:27:58
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Carina :
They gave us the silent treatment as punishment when we were kids and now think going no contact is the same thing.
2026-06-09 10:36:32
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Deluleah in Seattle 🌈🏀🧶 🏒 :
I actually hold every single card in my own life
2026-06-16 17:05:33
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Leia Shouey :
I have begged my mom for YEARS to go to therapy and heal.
2026-06-15 14:26:16
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SLOPEZ :
l stopped playing cards with my parents. They can hold their cards for the rest of their life. I don’t care. 🤣
2026-06-15 21:33:20
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Meg :
Again, I will never understand how if my child came to me and said “this hurt me” I would ever respond with something so hurtful as this 😑
2026-05-21 15:54:33
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Bobby :
My mom once melted down in my car bc she realized I could cut her off if I chose to. She literally wept in my car bc and I quote "A relationship with me shouldn't be a choice it should be an obligation". She was mad at the idea that I could choose to have a relationship with her.
2026-06-09 15:47:27
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Threedoglife :
Jokes on her my mom would actually have to care about me to be upset that I’m no contact
2026-05-23 06:00:04
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Sam_The_Book_Dog 🆘️🇺🇸 #ffab :
Notice she mentioned "there's history," not LOVE.
2026-05-22 10:06:43
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SIR Badger :
Im not playing the game. hold all the cards you want, im not even at the table.
2026-06-19 08:17:14
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Amber_Alert :
"we do it bc grandchildren are involved"...... what? I would be absolutely devastated if my son stopped talking to me... bc I want a relationship with him, not bc he has something I want access to. That is wild
2026-06-16 05:13:29
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SharkEatingSkeleton :
I noticed that she didn't say that the parents are holding on because they LOVE their children 🤔
2026-06-22 03:20:55
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Melinda.Skelliston :
I don't want my kids to lose. EVER.
2026-06-18 01:36:38
15
Mikey :
Every road to no contact is unique. But they’re all paved with the same stones.
2026-05-24 15:48:53
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Valerian Tea :
My grown children owe us nothing. If they give us a relationship I’m honored to be a part of it.
2026-06-16 07:16:08
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Aile :
If my adult child told me that he needed a break from me in order to heal or to grow or to have a better life, I would be devastated, AND I would support him 100%. It’s not *his* job to meet *my* needs.
2026-06-22 15:16:41
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Gracee :
Blocking my mother 10 years ago was the best decision I’ve ever made in my life 💯
2026-06-18 16:16:14
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nunyamindya :
My daughter’s grandfather used to tell my daughter that he’d “do it for a kiss” when she’d ask him to do something. I told him one day that he could do it or not but we weren’t going to exchange favors for affection because I didn’t want to set the precedent that she owed him something. He thought I was overreacting. I don’t care. It just now occurred to me that the boys learned it from their parents too. “You owe me because…” No. What I’ve done for you, I’ve done freely. Do what you need/want with it.
2026-06-17 00:21:05
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oldmoneywitch :
What cards?!
2026-06-16 16:35:37
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Finding True North🏳️🌈 :
I’m a tour guide and one time I had a guest that was in town because she was working at some retreat for mothers with estranged children. Being that I am no contact with my family, I had so many questions that would have been inappropriate to ask.
2026-06-13 14:33:40
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Karlos el Scrapper 🦶🎲 :
I wonder if she has tried apologizing?
2026-06-16 02:12:34
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R :
my mom doesn't go to therapy because the therapist will only tell her it her fault
2026-07-16 14:22:25
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J :
I’m confused. I scrolled thru her page for a few minutes and it appears (to me- I’m not a therapist) villainizing ppl who’ve made the decision to go no contact or establish firm boundaries with parents. I thought therapists were situational analyzers and provide therapy/guidance based on the patient needs/experiences?
2026-06-16 10:57:45
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user3214262008729 :
I don’t understand her logic about handing over their cards. If they go no contact then they have no relationship so how are they handing over their cards or controlling anything
2026-06-17 15:49:30
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