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Originally Posted by Shy Introvert
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Sorry to hear about your family! How long has it been if you don't mind me asking? Also, did they even try to contact you or apologize for whatever it is they did wrong?
I'm definitely going to stick to my guns this time. I should've done that the first time to where she physically attacked me for the first time since we were kids. She lashes out at me and uses me as her emotional punching bag when she's stressed out or upset, which is all the time.
No more. By giving her one more chance, she'll just think that she can keep on abusing me and get away with it. It'd be like a housewife coming back to her abuser again and again no matter what.
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I'm going on my 24th year ... I did attempt a brief reconnect with one sister only to find nothing had changed, and that was that ... And, no, there were no apologies ... Only more attempts to manipulate and abuse ... That's all I needed to know and there will be no more attempts by me to contact them, nor any replies from me should any of them ever try to contact me.
And, you're correct in your analogy of a wife going back time and again to their abuser ... Often our families of origin are where we get our first taste of domestic violence and then end up repeating the behaviors and patterns because it's what we grew up in ... But, once we figure it out and know better, we're able to set new patterns of behavior and boundaries and not tolerate abuse from anyone ever again!
Sincerely,
Pfrog!
