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In reply to the discussion: how old were you when you forgave your parents? [View all]In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)17. I forgave my dad too late to say goodbye. He passed away when I was 24.
I still haven't found a way to forgive my mother for leaving when I was a baby. She never called or sent a card.
Dad was an alcoholic. He tried but he wasn't able to stop until he was in his late 40's. Poor guy really tried to love me the best way he knew how but both of my stepmothers were jealous of his love for me and they gave him hell.
Being an only child is lonely when there is no one there to hold you ... ever.
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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