Her Parents Treated Her Terribly Growing Up, But Now That Her Sister Has Passed Away, Her Parents Want To Reconnect With Her, And She Has No Interest In Allowing Them Into Her Life
If you have a sibling, did you ever feel like the least favorite in your parent’s eyes as a kid? Unfortunately, it happens to many people, and favoritism or lack of attention can cause much pain within a family.
One woman is refusing to reconnect with her parents following the recent death of her sister because of the way they treated her throughout her entire life. Now, she’s wondering if she’s being too harsh.
She’s 18 and grew up with her mom, dad, and sister. She and her sister were born only one year apart. Sadly, her sister had a lot of medical issues.
She was severely disabled and couldn’t walk, talk, eat, or practically do anything alone. Therefore, most of her parent’s attention and time went toward her sister for most of her life.
This happens in many households with a disabled family member. Still, instead of apologizing and trying to make more time for her growing up, her parents would get angry and resent her anytime she didn’t stay out of their way.
“Any time I wasn’t a perfectly behaved, perfectly independent child, I was met with anger from them,” she said.
Multiple instances of this truly hurt her over the years. For example, when she was in kindergarten, there was a time when she couldn’t get a good night’s sleep because of all the noise her sister’s medical machines made. When her parents found out she was falling asleep in class, they scolded her for being a “disruption.”
Another time, one of her teachers contacted them and told them she might be dyslexic. Her parents yelled at her and accused her of faking it for attention.
Those are just two of several incidents that occurred over her childhood, making her believe her parents didn’t care about her.
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Thankfully, she did have her grandmother, who was her biggest supporter and would take care of her whenever her parents fell short.
When she was 16, she decided to leave her parents and live with her grandmother. When she told her parents she was leaving, they rolled their eyes but didn’t put up much of a fight for her to stay.
Two years have passed, and she considers herself estranged from her parents. Things changed for her family a few weeks ago when her sister sadly passed away.
“Grandma went to my sister’s funeral, but I did not,” she explained. “After the funeral was over, and I guess once they realized they had nobody, they tried to reach out to me.”
When her parents reached out, she told them they needed to accept that their “only child” was gone and there was nothing they could do for her after 18 years of neglect.
Her parents started to sob and told her she was cruel. They accused her of punishing them while they were trying to get through an unimaginable loss.
Was she too cruel to her parents?
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