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To just accept our son is not part of our lives anymore

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pinksquish · 10/05/2025 20:35

We were very close him growing up until he was 24 and still living at home, he met someone who took an instant dislike to all of us, his sisters and his grandparents and his father and stepmum so he stopped contact with all of us.
He very quickly moved in with her, stopped seeing his friends and they had a baby.
She kicked him out, he came home apologetic that she wouldn’t let him speak to any of us, his friends or relatives and he seemed to move on, had other relationships and continued a relationship with his dad and stepmum and grandparents, siblings etc.
Now he has got back together with her, and once again he has blocked us and his other family members and his friends as she has made it a condition of their reconciliation.
Do we just accept that he has made this choice and we are no longer part of his life or do we reach out occasionally so he knows we care but risk that causing trouble for him?

OP posts:
TorroFerney · 11/05/2025 06:29

clocktick · 10/05/2025 20:53

When people say things like this I do wonder what they’d actually do, when they say they ‘wouldn’t stand for it’?

There are a lot of problems with this scenario but the main one is that it’s emotionally upsetting for the OP and wider family. Sometimes it’s necessary to take a step back - no bridges are burned but by not forcing yourself forwards it allows some protection.

The other problem is the more you insist on seeing the DS the more this feeds any narrative about controlling or overbearing ILs from the girl.

It is awful. I haven’t been through this with a child thankfully; mine are still little, but I did with my dad. All you can do is keep things relaxed and loving, keep the door open and protect yourself, remember your feelings matter too.

Thought exactly the same and it kind of infers blame on the op if she “gives up”. They aren’t both family, the female partner is not the ops family , it all sounds a bit eastenders (the poster not the op).

agree both with keeping the door open but also doing what’s right for you op and that may be a little bit of distance to keep your sanity.

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