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To: epicure who wrote (497752)	8/28/2022 10:18:23 PM
From: Alex MG	1 Recommendation Recommended By koan Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542061

Yikes... my mom was not violent, that must be a hard thing to cope with, but then like you say you can rationalize because not your 'blood'... my mom just had the streaks of depression. And she always had feelings of guilt. She blamed herself because me and my brother didn't get married at an early age and produce children and grandchildren. Which to me was not a failure. We both turned out okay. Despite having a dysfunctional family. In fact I remember friends from high school who immediately got married and had kids and they were miserable. And my mother's family in TN are pretty much bible thumpers and Trump voters. SO, who turned out okay? LOL... but I still stay in contact and never mention any politics... except my brother might be coming around to my "rationalizations" lol Like I said in earlier post, I think we benefit from coming from the school of hard knocks... instead of the spoiled brats school. I also have 2 half sisters in NYC from my dad, before he met my mom. I didn't know about this until in my 30s. My half sister Lauren tried to reach out to my dad for many years. He didn't respond. Finally he did and they had a great re-uniting and I got to meet my half sister I never knew I had and she has a nice family. She's a school teacher. The New Yawkers, I call em. I even went to her daughter's wedding in Central Park a few yrs ago. Dysfunctional families... I've known a few, lol I'm glad you had a reckoning/mending with your adoptive mom. It's not healthy to burn bridges with friends and family, even though they are irrational. It's better to try and mend and have peace of mind, knowing at least you tried