Full disclosure I’m the adult child here but would be interested to know how you parent in these situations or how do your parents do it?
If adult children don’t always get on, especially if there’s one who is ‘hard work’ (nasty comments, looks down on the rest financially etc openly in front of everyone including parents) can be hurtful with their words and judgmental to rest of siblings.
sibling has been cruel to me many times and I’ve had to take a step back but has had me in tears and my sister also.
what’s a normal response from parents? Is it unreasonable to expect them to side with me in some way or even emotionally support: console? Or is it normal for them to say they aren’t getting involved, we’re all adults so have to sort it out ourselves, they’re not getting caught in the middle
im genuinely trying to get oponions on this. My own children are only toddlers so I don’t know how I would manage this when they’re older but I feel let down by my parents at times whenever sibling has been cruel or unkind (either in or out of their ear shot) and they tell me not to involve them. I get it’s my sibling but if it was someone else I’m sure they would support me