Personally, I'd live as if I'd never have to see my sisters and their families again. You can have a separate relationship with your folks. Let your parents lay this at your feet. They can tell the sisters you are uninterested in engagement/reconciliation and that they've tried to convince you otherwise. It's the truth, and why would they remove access to grandkids for that?
It's strange how family dynamics carry over from your childhood into adulthood.
I'm getting real “DARVO” vibes from your parents. They SHOULD be upset…at themselves, because they established this scapegoat/black sheep dynamic and condoned this treatment of you from your sisters since childhood. And they're still doing it: emotional blackmailing you with “devastation” and demanding you sacrifice yourself to protect their feelings. Where's the pressure from them to your sisters to treat you with even minimal common courtesy? None, right? Exactly.
You are an adult. You don't need to JADE (Justify Argue Defend Explain) your decisions. Cut your sisters off, drop all effort of being the “cool uncle” and tell your parents this topic is closed for discussion, or you'll cut them out too. Stay strong, and don't relent when they suddenly start trying to include you, it's not that they miss you; it's because they miss their whipping boy. Having seen this dysfunctional dynamic in play, when you (the scapegoat) remove yourself from the dynamic, the void remains and there will be chaos until somebody else fills it.
Friends are the family we get to choose for ourselves. Reserve your time & energy on more worthy people.
Well that´s the thing, he doesnt have to engage, she just keep bother him, and with HIS family on her side she will just keep doing it. And to stop attending to family events? that´s HIS FAMILY. The one that keeps behaving like a high schooler is the cousin`s girlfriend.
The main point of your comment is correct but anal is in fact a form of kink, as a less common sexual interest.
Personally, I'd live as if I'd never have to see my sisters and their families again. You can have a separate relationship with your folks. Let your parents lay this at your feet. They can tell the sisters you are uninterested in engagement/reconciliation and that they've tried to convince you otherwise. It's the truth, and why would they remove access to grandkids for that?
It's strange how family dynamics carry over from your childhood into adulthood.
I'm getting real “DARVO” vibes from your parents. They SHOULD be upset…at themselves, because they established this scapegoat/black sheep dynamic and condoned this treatment of you from your sisters since childhood. And they're still doing it: emotional blackmailing you with “devastation” and demanding you sacrifice yourself to protect their feelings. Where's the pressure from them to your sisters to treat you with even minimal common courtesy? None, right? Exactly.
You are an adult. You don't need to JADE (Justify Argue Defend Explain) your decisions. Cut your sisters off, drop all effort of being the “cool uncle” and tell your parents this topic is closed for discussion, or you'll cut them out too. Stay strong, and don't relent when they suddenly start trying to include you, it's not that they miss you; it's because they miss their whipping boy. Having seen this dysfunctional dynamic in play, when you (the scapegoat) remove yourself from the dynamic, the void remains and there will be chaos until somebody else fills it.
Friends are the family we get to choose for ourselves. Reserve your time & energy on more worthy people.
Audacity must be on clearance or on the blue light special cause this man has a lot of it!!
My sister was 15 12 years ago 🙂 I was 20 12 years ago
I had a response in mind until the edit. I have no idea on earth what she’s asking for. Do you?
Well that´s the thing, he doesnt have to engage, she just keep bother him, and with HIS family on her side she will just keep doing it. And to stop attending to family events? that´s HIS FAMILY. The one that keeps behaving like a high schooler is the cousin`s girlfriend.