Here’s a comment from a family member that was left behind when the other person walked away.

My only sister stopped returning my calls and emails without telling me why. There are times when we occasionally meet or end up talking on the phone. During those encounters my sister pretends nothing changed and that no withdrawing on her side ever occurred. I ask questions. She answers them. I say I love her. She says she loves me back. I say I’ll call her next week. She says fine. I call. She never pick up. I write. She doesn’t answer.

And she got this behavior going with her children, my only niece and nephew in my family. They too are estranged while pretending not to be.

And it’s just not to me. My sister and her kids do this to the entire extended family.

So what’s my point? My point is, if a sibling or cousin or aunt or parent wants to change the family boundaries or even cut it off completely, at least explain why.

Irv

• This reply was modified 12 years, 10 months ago by Irving Podolsky.