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In reply to the discussion: how old were you when you forgave your parents? [View all]handmade34
(22,756 posts)49. I never hated my parents
and forgiveness doesn't apply in my case... but I walked away emotionally from my mother at about 30... she was a very psychotic woman who could dish out verbal and emotional abuse easily... I felt nothing when she died last year
never had a close relationship with my father but now that he has dementia, I do the best I can to take care of him
I did a bit better with my children and I am pretty sure they like me
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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