@cyclebreakertherapist: The accountability part of apologizing is a pretty important part. *Resources to help you survive your own complicated family dynamics are in the link in my bio. **Remember, social media is not therapy. Only therapy is therapy.

Holly :

My mother's idea of an apology is, I'm sorry you feel that way. I guess she figures since the word sorry is in the sentence that it must be an apology. 🤦🏼‍♀️

CrackerJack_Dandy :

I feel like my parent would say “Well you’ve never apologized to ME for the things that YOU DID!” And I was a kid. Not knowing or learning how to actually apologize correctly cause no one ever taught me. It’s still hard to know when I need to and how to know since I’ve had to learn by myself

Seems Like Santa Was Here :

Thank you My mother sounded like she was about to apologize once. Then she changed the subject. My father shamed me for other people’s choices. He was an encyclopedia of people he was unhappy with and linked me to.

Marlo Herrick :

Then a smear campaign

Lauren Freeman Photography :

This is exactly my parents!!!!

DrNickRiviera :

My parents apologized then stated they’re they’re saying sorry even though that particular incident never happened and my mom said she never heard anything like that being said

annavaldez5280 :

I would settle for any apologies at all. even that is too much to ask, apparently

donutlmao :

or what my mom does- saying sorry and using all the therapy speak but just doing it again and again and again anyways..

Jamie :

this is my dad to a T

Maniya Ciara :

They expect you to have memory loss

Smudge_kitty :

What do you do if this is your in laws

Teddy :

Marlo Herrick :

I got a text followed by something unrelated

JustTiaThoughts :

I’m the rude one for bringing up things that no one ever addressed. I’m okay with being rude.