What would it take to cut a family member out of your life completely?

That's tough bro. I don't think I could ever cut out a family member out of my life, and some in my family have done some pretty messed up things that I should have never talked to them again, but you know I can't do that.

 

Meth and Pedobear

 

I have family members I dont really deal with and if I see them its hi and bye. But I could never cut them out of my life because at the end of the day its still family.

 

Family is overrated... I will be there for the people that are there for me, and that isn't always family.


I guess my REAL family are not all blood relatives...The people I care about.


Blood is overrated...

 

In 2010, that may be true... or that may be what we're telling ourselves.

OP, if he kicks it pretty soon, and you maintained your (admittedly difficult) relationship with him, would that not be better than if you cut him off?

We're all going to find out, soon enough, how flipping hard it is to get really old in US America. The culture is so, so messed up with respect to elders.

 

The only people who won't let you down are the ones you don't rely on for anything.

 

I would hang in there with him as long as you can. If he doesn't have much longer you dint want to regret missing out on time you could have had. Forgive him for his faults

 

I have an uncle who sued my dad over some business allegations (his own brother)

so, yeah, *** him. I dont speak to him at all. And probably never will.

 

"The people you rely on, let you down" is what that is essentially saying. It's not like that for me personally...

I rely on the people that constantly have my back and truly care for me, and unfortunately that is not always family.


I have tons of family that I would never, ever care to see again.

 

I've learned to not put myself in a situation to need to rely on anyone else for something important.

 

I'm fortunate enough to not have gone through anything that'll make me even consider taking a member of my family out of my life completely. I come from a very big family and fortunately we all look after each other. There are a few bad apples, inevitably, with drug problems and cheaters, but we're all very supportive.

I guess until a situation bad enough comes up for me to take a family member out of my life completely, I can't think of any scenarios that would make me do that.

 

How it's difficult to remove a parent out of your life unless you're still living with them?

 

The moment I find out one of them is a Jazz fan....You know it's going down!

 

I can never cut my immediate family out for anything. No matter how much we fight and yell, at the end of the day that's all I care about.

 

Just remember that once someone is gone, they are gone. No more chances to talk, to ask what things were like when they were young, what the world was like. My own father has been gone for over 30 years, but I still miss him and regret things left unsaid. Of course, we were pretty close. I feel sorry for you and for your father. For you, because things have devolved into this pass, and for him, for letting whatever it was in the world get to him badly enough to bring on not only his self-destruction, but the obvious destruction of his family.

 

My pet crab Sebastian REFUSES to acknowledge the presence of my pet Yorkie Gingerdoll. I mean its SOOOOOOOOO PSYCHO! Like WOW!

 

I haven't seen my biological parents since I was like 8, but I'd still make an effort to have them in my life I knew where to find them. But for me obvious things like horrible crimes are an immediate distancing. I have some family members that are kind of racist and I purposely never see or talk to them. Hard for me to fairly comment on your situation with your father. Hopefully it'll all work out for you though.

 

Is 2010......

Blood, Marriages is all overrated now!

Is all about "what's best for me" ... selfishness, greed, cheating, lies, secrecy

that seems to be the world that we live in now ..... only a small amount of goodness left

but fck it

world ends 2012.

 

My cousin sends me chain letters.

He is now dead to me.