@matthiasjbarker: Why do estranged adult kids sometimes go back to the 'bad' parent and cut off the one who protected them? It's not about who was better. It's about who's easier to be around now. #estrangement #cutoff #nocontact

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karyntee238
Karyn Tee238 :
So, “Dad”, who is unreliable, incapable of consistently being a support for his offspring (as described by you), is “easier” so the troubled child gravitates to him. And the mother who was always there, always rescuing, is the bad guy? Of course the troubled child gravitates toward easier! Just like the Dad who couldn’t be bothered with being there during the hard times, or even meeting his basic responsibilities to his offspring. Yeah, Mom is who she is because she is always on point trying to prevent and extinguish fires created by the people she loved and fought to protect all of the child’s life. She never had a chance to step down and back. Never allowed to simply be Mom. Instead, she had to take on both roles and fought hard to protect & nurture, guide, educate, shelter, discipline, etc. despite having half the resources (physical, financial, spiritual, time, emotion, EVERYTHING), and now…. In a society that caused this environment… the “barely adult aged” off spring climb onto their soapbox and condemn the one person who gave all for them. The ONE thing you latched onto so hard - borrowing & returning $200 for a two week span - is absolutely asinine. If Mom had access to do so, she was the person responsible for holding & building that money for a minor child. The fact that she fully returned the money in so short a time proves she had no intent to harm and did not fail to protect the funds she held and controlled for her minor child. Your assumption of broken trust due to the action being “nonconsensual” in retrospect… is beyond ignorant. For all you know, the money was borrowed for a valid reason to cover a temporary inability to meet a need of the child, ie rent, utilities, school activities or needs, transportation, and so on. ASK more questions and look at the entire situation. Instead of condemning the one person who did all in their perception of the child’s best interest, consider where that child, now a judgmental adult, would be today without Mom making it so safe for them by rescuing them from their own bad decisions all those years. Your answer feels bad because it is wrong.
2026-10-26 15:03:52
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paulf8553
Paul.f :
Omg this is my life!!!!!!!!
2026-10-26 19:07:53
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hgd_curtis1000000
hgd_curtis1000000 :
What do you advise the kids to do?
2026-10-25 19:46:42
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madhrkainsley
Madhrk :
I really think that statistic might be outdated. I know several women who have been cut off while the abusive dad gets chance after chance
2026-10-26 13:18:23
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wendisms
Wendisms :
Abusive men continue the abuse through the kids.
2026-10-26 14:02:00
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niceneedles
niceneedles :
this. all day this.
2026-10-26 16:32:07
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herheart3531
HerHeart3531 :
They become the fun parent... you're the parent of rules and boundaries etc...
2026-10-26 02:31:57
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alicia_bellows
Lish :
Feel this in my bones
2026-10-26 12:29:24
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hurricaneheather91
tinyvampgirl :
My in-laws did this. Took money from our account without consent. They did put it back a few days later but we had to switch banks and everything. We’ve been no contact for 3.5 years and the changes in my husband are astounding. His anxiety is almost completely gone and he’s genuinely happy for the first time in his life. 🥹
2026-10-26 12:45:21
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tracielp
user3214672912789 :
I never could understand this. Thank you for explaining.
2026-10-26 15:56:24
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