I have been treated in appalling ways by my blood family. It’s not hard to see a day of deep regret coming. They have all outed themselves as self-righteous, selfish, and foolish. I did everything I could to warn them that the hurt will eventually be theirs. In the meabtime, I just detach and deal with the sadness. Have paid a high price for taking a publuc stand, but better this than to live (and die) by lies.
I relate - but since there is a distance of half the world between me and my family this is just an emotional manifestation of the actual physical distance. In a way it makes it easier (although it has been painful and hurtful). I understand and sympathise ..... our day will come.
