People going NC for trivial things is cruel.

[likeamillpond]

l understand that some people have very valid reasons for going no contact with parents and in-laws for serious things such as abuse.
But lately I've seen some really bizarre reasons given for going No Contact.
Mil is 'interfering so I've gone NC
My parents drink on weekends. I'm going LC.
One poster is upset because her in law tells her how to hang her washing on the line and had the cheek to buy her grandchild a present she didn't approve of. No Contact.

Now there's a thread where someone is literally spending a milestone birthday all alone because she's 'NC wirh my family'.
Various posters have chimed in to say they've celebrated birthdays recently without family because they are also NC.
Is it a thing now?
I'd hate to be a grandparent in the present day, having to watch every little word and action in case my child or dil takes offense and cuts me from their life.
Who's encouraging these people? Is it a trend?

YABU, people dont have to answer to you and explain the list of reasons they went NC.
They say ''it was because of a text'' as shorthand. They don't have to go into the decades of abuse that led up to the straw that broke the camels back every time they mention being NC.

[quote Vivi0]@ohforarainyday

What is the name of that Reddit sub you mentioned?[/quote]
R/narcissisticparents?

@Springisspringing2

Your lucky in that sense Mary. My in laws have turned up uninvited to school stuff and will absolutely track them down and get numbers... And then hound them. The attention maybe flattering at first but pretty soon they will be in the "web" all spun around Mil....

I told my siblings that if she turned up I'd have no qualms about calling the police. I'd like to think that they told her this as she's the type to assert her authority.

@Springisspringing2

Lots of people are opening up here with some really sad and painful stories, including my own. And yet... Where is op? Op picked on the one post that went agaisnt this grain and that's it

I have found this thread quite comforting to read... So many of us in the same boat. However it concerns me that people callously start these threads and people pour their hearts out in good faith... When op is a rock and won't take in board what they've said?

Completely agree with you. I have felt more support from this thread than I did from my thread (which OP referenced incorrectly). Finally I'm with people who get it... it's so hard to explain to friends who haven't been through it.

So thank you!