For example, I love to sing. However, only one other person in my life has ever heard me sing and I haven’t seen that person in years. I’m not sure I’m good at singing but I think I can hit the notes well enough.

  • Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com
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    4 days ago

    I’ve not had contact with my mother for decades and I can’t tell you how much my life improved when I cut her out. If she died tomorrow I wouldn’t shed a tear. A friend of mine loved her mum but her death was a long time coming, so she shrugged it off. So yep, can totally understand someone having an unconventional response

    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 days ago

      I feel that … I was out of contact for 12 years, then we were in a sort of armed neutrality for ages so that I could spend time with my Dad.

      We ended up on reasonably good terms after she gave a genuine if somewhat vague apology, but the last time I saw her was two years ago, and I wasn’t in a rush to see her again.

      I mostly feel a mild form of relief