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In reply to the discussion: how old were you when you forgave your parents? [View all]Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)12. Maybe my situation was different from theirs
My mother died when I was 13. I felt so abandoned. I put up a brave front but I was an emotional cripple. My father had nothing to offer me, no kindness, warmth, nothing. It took me some time to realize that he was not capable of more. From that realization, I was able to start the process of forgiveness.
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For me they need no forgiveness. They loved us, we loved them and now miss them.
Fla Dem
Sep 2016
#3
It was between me and my Mom. And I was in my late twenties. And it was mutual. (n/t)
Iggo
Sep 2016
#15