You’re not even good at being a troll.

Apparently you’ve never dealt with toxic parents before. My own father is a hardcore narcissist, an avowed anti-Semite that blames Jews for all his problems, and anti-white to boot. And when I called him out on it, he threw a temper tantrum. So, you’re saying I should just grin and bear his toxicity? I should just say…

And trollbot you are.

Seriously? Political bullshit? FOH with that white nonsense.

You clearly do not have a toxic parent.

Yeah, but if your mom were to gleefully tell you how much she voted against your interests and then demand that you agree with her? Throw tantrums when you don’t? Refuses to agree to disagree? Says the fact that you don’t like who she voted for means you’re “disrespectful?” That’s where it crosses the line for me.

Yeah, whatever.

You shouldn’t have to thank people for doing their job. Thanks for feeding me mom, I would have died otherwise and you would have gone to prison.

Because white baby boomers are selfish, reactionary, ignorant, coddled, entitled canker sores who will have leached all of the resources from their parents, children, and grandchildren before they all shuffle off this mortal coil?

more evidence of your blind privilege: the fact that you can look at these issues as merely “political” and not “life threatening.” enjoy your cake.

Are you serious? It means that just because someone is your family doesn’t mean you should excuse their beliefs that put you in danger and don’t recognize you as a human. You didn’t get that? Fund the schools, people. 

Second that. I decided there are limits. I cut off my father from my life. I did not even invite him to my wedding. These years without his horrible voice telling me I will never amount to anything have been the best.

Well said, Lana, and same here. I’ve in my experience, after decades apart these same people start slowly back in with micro-aggressions that quickly become macro-aggressions, and they use the attempt at reconciliation as an opportunity for them to beat on you and try to prove they were right all along. That shirt!…

same. i havent had any meaningful contact with my mom in 8 years and my life is so much better because of it. the negative energy she brought into my life was not worth it anymore.

Oof, that’s the sound of someone who has had the privilege of a parent who hasn’t emotionally, physically, or sexually abused you until you had to take the socially unacceptable step of protecting yourself by distancing yourself from them. You don’t owe your parents your love, fidelity, and respect if they never…

The notion that adult children owe their parents anything other than regarding them openly and honestly is an absurd anachronism that should be dead by now. Children don’t choose to be born. They don’t choose their blood relatives. People don’t owe shit for a situation they didn’t accept or create.

The best thing we did was to cut out my in-laws. My daughter dreaded staying with them because of their shit. The election was the final straw. They haven’t seen their granddaughter in over 8 months. They fucking hate it and are trying everything (except repenting for being racist) to get back in our good graces. Nope.

Don’t blame the writer for your lack of reading comprehension. The term made perfect sense to me.

I’ve been estranged from my father for 30 years. At first it was because he was physically and emotionally abusive, I turned 18 and moved out. He was trucking with Lyndon LaRouche when I was in high school but he’s moved into full on right wing conspiracy nutjob over the years and was yelling for State’s Rights while…

“The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.”