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no_hypocrisy

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2. It's akin to leaving an abusive family.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2025, 06:56 AM

Feb 2025

Yeah, they're "family". But you don't want to stay where you know the abuse will continue, if not escalate.

And the family doesn't care that you've left.

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