Are you estranged from anyone? I am with my first cousin. Long story, and not even that interesting, but yeah, it's been a few years since we've spoken.

My husband's family is fractured in certain sections of his large family. It's very sad, and I see no end in sight. We try to stay out of it. It's harder being estranged from family than with a friend. Family is harder to avoid.

My mother had a friend who didn't speak to her sister for 25 years, and they didn't even remember what it was about. One died, then the other a few years later. All those years wasted. So sad.

Yea I'm estranged from My Aunt and her children. In fact my whole family is. It stems from an incident that happened when My Grandmother was still alive. She was living with my Aunt and Uncle and then after my Uncle had a heart attack , she called one of my other Aunts telling her to come pick her up or she was tossing her out on the street. She then decided to put her in a nursing home. When it looked like my Uncle was going to recover she changed her mind because he never would alow it. He was her son. But he died so afterward she had one of my cousins admit her to a nursing home without telling anyone in the family. It had to be a blood relative who admitted her although at the time their were 3 other children still alive. We had to track her down just to find out where she was. It was a mess. They had guardianship over her even though they never visited her. After my Grandmother died everyone had a fight with them over where she was to be burried. She had always wanted to be burried with my Grandfather. They finally burried her there in an unmarked grave. The other members of the family chipped in to buy a headstone. This was in 1991 and nobody's talked to them since.

My mom is estranged from her side of the family, except her mom and sister. It started a couple years ago at my great-grandma's 90th birthday party, and all I remember is my mom and her aunt screaming at each other. We left early with my mom crying hysterically. She hasn't talked to her aunt since. She's friendly with her cousins if she runs into them somewhere, but other then that, we never see them. I don't even remember what their fight was about.

My mom is estranged with her youngest sister because of my aunt's jerk husband. It's a long, tedious story, but the aunt basically believes her lying husband over her own oldest sister who helped care for her! They see each other at family parties and get-togethers, but they just ignore each other... My jerk of an aunt even had the guts to call my mom and tell her to NEVER call or visit. This was around August 2003 - nearly two years ago!

And to think that blood is thicker than water. Geez. *snickers*

If estrained means in a fight, then yes

My mom is estrained from one of my aunts (and uncle and cousins) because of something about the will when my grandfather died, it was supposed to be divided equally, but my aunt and uncle fought to have it not be divided equally (or something) and I guess have more go to them then it was supposed to. My jerk "uncle" (I cant stand to call him that) talked her into trying to get most of the will money. Keep in mind, this guy always hated my grandfather and has always been a greedy jerk. She's actually starting to get along with her though, they're starting to email each other and stuff, and their planning on having lunch one day, so it's strating to get better.

My dad is estrained from his sister because she basically robbed his side of the family. I dont even know the whole story, but I doubt things will ever be ok again on that side of the family. On my mom's side, things are starting to look a little better. My mom is starting to talk to my aunt, so that's good :)

My half-sister. She's like 16 years older than me and she holds resentment against our Father because he was never around for her when she was a kid and her mother was a deadbeat. He was around more when I was growing up and more supportive, so she holds sort of a silent grudge against me, which is ridiculous because it isn't even my fault what my father did.

Then there's my great Aunt who my dad resents. When my paternal grandmother died, she left money and the house to the family, well my great aunt got greedy and took everything for her and her children leaving my dad and his sisters and brother with very little. Her oldest daughter still lives in some gated community. I knew he didn't like her, but I really saw how much he didn't when we we're at a Christmas party at his sister's and when she came in he almost ran out the door so he didn't have to see her.

we almost got estranged from my uncle's family when he was drunk and kicked us out of his house the morning of the second day we were there (we were staying there for a week). i was woken up by he and my dad yelling at each other, and my dad said me and my brother would probably never see our cousins again. so we were getting ready to leave and stuff and my uncle's all "what are you doing? you can stay here" :grr:

otherwise, no i don't think there are any estrangements in my family. but i probably will be estranged from my dad when i'm older, and i'm speaking relistically.

I really try not to hold grudges against anybody, but the only one I have any sort of ill feelings for is a woman who use to be good friends with my mother. You see she was a tenant of my grandparents and after a few years, she became a part of the family. She totally took advantage of that and began to manipulate my grandparents. She started to lay claim to some of my family's heirlooms and convinced my grandparents to give up their basement so she could have more room in her apartment. If that wasn't bad enough, she felt a weird sort of competition from my mother, so she would purposely not invite her to certain things. That hurt my mother deeply. I decided to cut her off and not speak to her again and that eventually led to my mother to cut off ties with her too.

sadly we has a lot of these going on...just a sampling:
-my familys estranged from my uncle's illegitimate son (a few years older than me) and ex girlfriend, when the son came back for awhile most of my family stopped speaking to my uncle as well.
-my great aunts have been estranged for over 40 years and they live in the same small town.
my grandfather didnt speak to his half-uncle for most of his life because of a fight w/ his father, we reconciled w/ him after my grandfather died.

I'm estranged from my mom, have been for a couple years now. Our relationship has always been rocky even when I was a kid. She's very controlling and is the type of person if you don't do things her way she just quits talking to you. She probably won't be there to see my first child be born. She did the same thing with her own grandson (my nephew) He's 20 years old now and she hasn't seen him since he was around 13 because she disapproved of the way his foster parents were raising him. He also has a child on the way and my mom won't be around for that either. I really wish things were different but we would all have to go to some kind of family counseling to work through these issues and she will never go for that. I don't see my dad very often either but we are still on speaking terms. I don't know what's up with my oldest brother. He called me at Christmas and left a message on my machine wishing me a Merry Christmas but didn't leave a # where I could reach him. But he's always been that way, in and out of our lives regardless if we had an arguement or not.

I'm estranged from my mom, have been for a couple years now.
That's very unfortunate. Not to knock her, but your mother seems very immature. She's missing out on so much. It's sad all around, especially for you, at this time.

My mother has a habit of making people in our family hate her.

My dad's brother's wife (aka: my aunt) was having cheating on my uncle and my mom found out about it, but she never told anyone. Somehow, the whole thing came out to my family and (dont ask me how this happened) but my aunt freaked out on my mom and said "EVERYONE HAS FORGIVEN ME BUT YOU," and she pretty much hates my mom. One time, my uncle bought me a scanner for my birthday and it had to be taken back and we went to pick it up from their house and she threw it in the middle of the street. She doesn't let my uncle call my house and if my mom calls him (they used to work together), she'll hang up on her. If she catches him on the phone with my mom, she makes him hang up. He's not allowed to come to my house anymore and I havent seen my cousins in a long time.

Now on her side of the family, there was a point where she didnt speak to any of her siblings and this is all because of my grandma. My grandma moved in with us 8 years ago and since then, she never ever leaves us alone. On weekends and stuff she always has to go with us anywhere we go. She's constantly putting my mother down and stuff and when I was in 7th grade my mom had a grand maul seizure that the doctors said was because of stress. My aunt Barb came to see her in the hospital and she met my dad outside and my dad started screaming at her about how it was all her fault and blahblahblah and my mom hasn't spoken to her since. Her biggest thing is that my aunt has nothing to do with my grandma unless its a holiday, so we're forced to deal with her every single day. But this sucks because I have one cousin whos close to my age and it's her son and I never see him, and when I do, he doesnt speak to me. My mom refuses to go to any family parties or anything because my aunt will be there. It drives me insane. She called once when my mom had bypass surgery a few months ago and hasn't called since. She has the same issue with my uncle (her brother) but that's not really as bad, because we see him every once in a while.

Yeah. That's about it. I think.

That's very unfortunate. Not to knock her, but your mother seems very immature. She's missing out on so much. It's sad all around, especially for you, at this time.
Yes, she can be like that at times. It's like she never wanted me to grow up and have a life of my own, probably because I was the youngest kid. If she had her own way I'd be a 33 year old virgin still living at home.

I'm estranged from a brother, his wife and son. Don't miss 'em a bit. It's their choice and the rest of us don't mind.

....nobody.
We actually just had a family reunion for my mom's side of the family. It was all of her cousins, and their kids, and their grandkids. It was crazy, there was about 150 of us, and half of the people still didn't show up.

My mom is estranged from her brother. The whole reason is actually just heresay, cuz we have these damn family members who won't say anything because they don't want to start ****, yet they're just making it worse by doing that. So, let see...my dad has never liked my uncle. He is/was a druggie, he's a lazy, thankless mooch (one time he borrowed my dad's car and returned it broken. He broke the shifter clear off the column and didn't even say sorry, much less offer to pay for it), he think the world owes him big time, so he mooches off the government by being "disabled" (he's diabetic...a realy disabling disease :rolleyes:, etc, etc. Well, something happened and my "uncle" made some crack about my mom or something and my dad didn't like the way he was treating her. So my uncle, being a HUGE liar, told my grandma and aunts a bunch of **** and because my grandmother is naive or something, she believed him. Now everyone hates my dad, so my mom more or less said screw you. She won't even claim him as her brother. The rest of the family keeps trying to bring up the issue, but she just won't have anything to do with it or him. And as far as I'm concerned, he could die and I wouldn't be the least bit sad. And as far as my grandmother is concerned, my mom has always been the 4th favorite out of 4, and my grandmother believes every little lie that my uncle (the only boy), tells her, so if we never go down to Kansas to see her, so be it. The whole thing makes me sick.

Yep. My aunt Renee and her daughter, my cousin, Stephanie. We actually saw them on Saturday because we were invited to her son's wedding. My entire family doesn't associate with either of them anymore because Stephanie uninvited my grandmother to her wedding! My grandma went to her bridal shower and gave her a lot of money, and my aunt and cousin uninvited her because she was going to bring my stepgrandfather. My stepgrandfather is the only one that we know, my real grandfather died a long time before any of us grandchildren were born. Apparantly my aunt and he don't get along that well. Also my aunt's second husband wrote some sort of note talking about why she couldn't bring him and all of this other crap. I understand that it was her wedding and she could invite whoever she wanted, but after somebody gives you a present and things like that you don't uninvite them. You deal with the awkwardness for a day.I've never seen my family this upset before, and to say that Saturday was strange is an understatement. Anytime one of us would look over at her, she'd look away. My grandma went over to talk to my aunt during the reception, and that was not a friendly conversation. She told us that, and I could tell from the body language. My aunt will probably never say she's sorry, and it's never going to be the same again.

I love how so often weddings seem to break families apart! Ironic isn't it?

Always somebody who isn't going to be happy! :rolleyes:

Well, yes and no. We haven't seen my cousin John in over 15 years, but thats because he lives in BC. So, we don't talk to him, but were not in a fight with him.

I'm not estranged with any family members (thank god) but I'm estranged from the ****ing psycho that used to be my best friend. I refer to her as "my psycho ex" now. She was a ****ing mental psycho. She tried controlling me...tried to get me to hang out with her group of friends...even tried to get me to go to the same school as her (RIT in Rochester, NY) but I put my foot down and said "Absolutely not!"

There's MUCH MUCH MUCH more to the story, though...This is just a TINY sampling. I finally estranged from her on my high school graduation day in May 2003 and I have not talked to or seen her since then. Good riddance. She is JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST like Kirk Cameron -- one of those sickening Bible-thumpers who FORCES you to save yourself. :crazy: :cuckoo

I love how so often weddings seem to break families apart! Ironic isn't it?

Always somebody who isn't going to be happy! :rolleyes:


I know. It sucks because grandma is in her 70s and she's not going to live forever. My dad said that if she ever does say sorry, then he'll consider forgiving her, but that will never happen. Hell I remember when we were living in MI, and she was going through her divorce. She came over every single night, crying and really upset. My parents comforted her all the time at our house. When we moved to TX, my mom tried to stay in touch but she blew us off. It really hurt my my mom's feelings, even though dad tried to warn her ahead of time that it would happen. Also I feel bad for her twin sons (one of them was just married this weekend), because they are stuck in the middle. We've told them a million times that we love them and that we are okay.

I know. It sucks because grandma is in her 70s and she's not going to live forever. My dad said that if she ever does say sorry, then he'll consider forgiving her, but that will never happen. Hell I remember when we were living in MI, and she was going through her divorce. She came over every single night, crying and really upset. My parents comforted her all the time at our house. When we moved to TX, my mom tried to stay in touch but she blew us off. It really hurt my my mom's feelings, even though dad tried to warn her ahead of time that it would happen. Also I feel bad for her twin sons (one of them was just married this weekend), because they are stuck in the middle. We've told them a million times that we love them and that we are okay.

Sounds just like my parents with my mom's sister. For whatever stupid reason, they had a falling out so us kids got dragged into it. Meanwhile, once I hit adulthood, we got in contact, turns out she's a wonderful woman (as was her husband, now deceased) so we've been trying to make up for the lost time. Thankfully she and my mother reconciled and she even came up the last week my mom was alive to help care for her and see her over to the other side.

Life's so short to let things (that people can barely remember the reason for) get out of hand. That's what my brother's done. If anything, they were the trouble makers, but we still were nice to them and in contact. They're the ones who moved without letting anyone know, so they've made their bed. Can't force ourselves on them.

That would be great to see your pic from the wedding - a new addition to the post your pics thread! :)

Yes, My oldest sister for over 10 years. Unfortunatley, she died last year. I was able to say goodbye and forgive her and ask forgivness from her before she died. She was in a coma at that time, so I don't know if she heard or what, but it was very sad to have to say goodbye to my sister that way when we hadn't spoken in so long.

No family members (thank god) But I am estranged from my friend Chris.

It's like she never wanted me to grow up and have a life of my own, probably because I was the youngest kid. If she had her own way I'd be a 33 year old virgin still living at home.
Agh I'm the youngest with a phsyco mother. That's probably gonna happen to me. :lol: :(

My dad's side of the family are a bunch of ****ing idiots. I'm not too happy with my father right now, but I will be the first to admit, they were down right rotten to him, not to mention my mother.

My 3 cousins from South Carolina came up this past week and I hung out with them. Not my parents obviously, but just me. 'Twas interesting. I climb in their van and we're rolling through the ghetto up here, and all of a sudden country music starts blasting. All these gangsters are looking at us like wtf? Then they pull up to their friends house and they all start smoking a joint! I was like... no. So I walked home in the middle of a thunder storm. Yeah... I'll never be seeing them again, I imagine.

:bump

I'm not estranged with any family members (thank god) but I'm estranged from the ****ing psycho that used to be my best friend. I refer to her as "my psycho ex" now. She was a ****ing mental psycho. She tried controlling me...tried to get me to hang out with her group of friends...even tried to get me to go to the same school as her (RIT in Rochester, NY) but I put my foot down and said "Absolutely not!"

There's MUCH MUCH MUCH more to the story, though...This is just a TINY sampling. I finally estranged from her on my high school graduation day in May 2003 and I have not talked to or seen her since then. Good riddance. She is JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST like Kirk Cameron -- one of those sickening Bible-thumpers who FORCES you to save yourself. :crazy: :cuckoo
^ this still holds true.

It's now been four years since I graduated from high school, and I still haven't talked to or seen her since then, although I get da gossip about her from other people who know her. :evilgrin:

At the time I made that post, I didn't know about it at the time but she had dropped out of RIT in Rochester, NY. She'd hooked up with some 40something guy the year previous (in 2004), and it got more serious in '05. She and this guy moved down to North Carolina, and they got married in October of 2005.

Last I heard, she'd gotten pregnant, and that she was expecting her first child in October of 2006. So now her kiddo is like eight months old, I guess. But there's more to it - the guy she married is a ****ing sleaze. He was STILL married to his first wife when they hooked up in 2004. Apparently he fell in love with her or some sickening sith like that, because he applied for a divorce almost immediately (bastard). Oh, and did I mention that guy was is 2x her age? So, let me see here. He's in his 40s and married. That must mean... HE HAS KIDDOS OF HIS OWN! YES!

Two daughters, actually. Never mind that they were like 15 and 16 (vs. her 21) when they wed in late 2005. I feel very sorry for the girls from his first marriage - I wouldn't be surprised if they held a deep hatred for their manwhore father/extremely young stepmom.

Personally, I think they're fit for each other. SLEAZEBALLS. :rofl:

I am estranged from my half-brother. So is my sister pretty much. However, when he needs $$$ or something done for his mother (my dad's wife) he has no choice but to have to talk to her. My sister is in charge of the trust account my father had set up after his death in 2004.

Shortly after my father passed away in 2004, my half-brother, would call and complain to my sister abt his mother needing money from the trust account, the house needed to be renovated, blah blah blah. When he felt he was not getting through to my sister, he would call and "run" to me for help. I told him nicely that the $$$ in that trust account is for emergencies and for maintenance on the house...not to do cosmetic work on it. He started talking a bunch of malarkey and I told him out of frustration, "Are you disputing dad's will? Because if you are, you know what will happen!" My father had a clause in his will that if any heir disputed the will, they will be cut off from any $$$ and property. He quickly said "No." I then let out my emotions and told him exactly how I felt abt how he treated our beloved father, how our dad wouldn't want his hard earned money to be spent friviously, blah blah blah...I was MAD! I also told him how I was pissed at him for yelling at our father right after our father was diagnosed with cancer. That infuriated me. It pissed me off so much I decided to just vent and tell him off. I told him how dare he yelled at our father when he was very sick and dying. I can't go into detail what I vented, but it turned UGLY! Even now I am pissed when I remember how my dad called me up to tell me my brother was yelling at him. My heart sank and I rushed over to my father's house and pleaded to my dad to let me take him home with me.
My last words to my half-brother were "Don't you ever call me again because when you do it's all abt money. You don't give a sh*t abt us and you treated MY dad like crap." And I hung up on him. I fell on my bed and I cried my heart out. I knew my father didn't want us to end up like this and I know my father is in heaven wanting us to forget what happened and move on. But me and my sister tried to be "loving" and peaceful and sisterly with him. He is just like his mother. A money grubbing person. The last time I saw my half-brother was at a funeral in December. He avoided me and my sister.

What is ironic abt this whole mess, is that he is my father's ONLY biological child. My sister and I and our late brother were all adopted. We (his adopted children) were more loving to our father than his own biological child. Of course, that is because he is a product of his mother. Let's not talk abt that person. That would take me a full hour to type.

Geez sorry to hear,your half brother sounds like a loser!

Geez sorry to hear,your half brother sounds like a loser!
It hurts me that he turned out the way he did, considering he is my father's son. But overall, he is the way he is because of his mother. She controlled how he was brought up. She never allowed my father to discipline him. Too bad, it shows now. :crazy:

It hurts me that he turned out the way he did, considering he is my father's son. But overall, he is the way he is because of his mother. She controlled how he was brought up. She never allowed my father to discipline him. Too bad, it shows now. :crazy:

Let him lead his own life and you lead yours,that was a horrid thing he did yelling at your father when he was ill! sounds like your better off without him.;)

Let him lead his own life and you lead yours,that was a horrid thing he did yelling at your father when he was ill! sounds like your better off without him.;)
I am. Such a shame though. Thank you for your thoughts. :wave:

I am. Such a shame though. Thank you for your thoughts. :wave:
No probs! ;)

in my family. but i probably will be estranged from my dad when i'm older, and i'm speaking relistically.
two more months biiiiiiiiitch!

My mother's mother who would be my grandmother. She's never wanted anything to do with me because I have a vision problem and she can't accept that. I asked her when I was eight why she ignored me, refused to talk to me, and didn't want me around. She told me that "I don't want anything to do with you because you have a vision problem and I can't accept that."
OMG some people are just horrible! if i had a family member who did that to another member of my family or anyone for that matter,i wouldnt want to know them they have the problems.

My mother's mother who would be my grandmother. She's never wanted anything to do with me because I have a vision problem and she can't accept that. I asked her when I was eight why she ignored me, refused to talk to me, and didn't want me around. She told me that "I don't want anything to do with you because you have a vision problem and I can't accept that."

Talk about being brutally honest...

And yes, my three cousins from down south are STILL ****ing idiots.

My mother's mother who would be my grandmother. She's never wanted anything to do with me because I have a vision problem and she can't accept that. I asked her when I was eight why she ignored me, refused to talk to me, and didn't want me around. She told me that "I don't want anything to do with you because you have a vision problem and I can't accept that."
That is not brutal honesty, that is DOWNRIGHT CRUDE AND PITIFUL. She definitely has an issue and God knows what it is. I would not allow any family member to chastise my family, especially my kids. :mad:

I don't talk to one of my uncles. Neither does my mom, dad or younger brother.
He had his days where he was a nice guy, but for the most part, he has always been a jerk. He has verbally and sometimes physically abused most of the women in his life including his own mother and sisters! :mad:

He lived with my grandma and after she had surgery for lung cancer, which she barely survived, she was on oxygen and he swore at her and told her he wished she would just die 'cause he needed money and he wanted her house.:mad:

People always say, "well that's just how he is."

Well, enough is enough and I don't care if I never talk to him or see him again after what he did!!

He was injured at work a couple of years ago and got a settlement last March. He has always been a drunk, but after he got his money he hooked up with some money grubbing skank and then she got him hooked on drugs. He blew all of his money (and now the bitch left him) and on January 24th of this year, he came into my house and threatened to kill my family.

First, he kept calling my house asking for money. I said no, so he kept calling my cell phone. I quit answering his calls. 20 minutes later he decided to just come over! He knocked on the door and when my mom opened the door he came in and said "why aren't you answering the phone?". Then he 'nicely' asked for money. We said no, so he started swearing at us and demanding money, and then he pulled a knife on my mom!! I got between the two of them so he would have to get through me first, if he was going to do anything.

My dad grabbed his billy club and was about to kick his ass but after I said I was calling the cops he swore at me and left. (He had warrants, so he was scared)
I wish we hadn't let him in, but we didn't know he was going to go that far.

My mom was apprehensive about calling the police but I told her if she didn't I would. He has always been violent and he's even worse now that he's on drugs! But I figured, if we didn't call the police, what would he do next?

The police picked him up that night and he spent a few months in jail. He got out and was supposed to go to court May 4th, but didn't show up. There's a warrant for his arrest and when they do find him, he'll be spending 2 years or more in prison. :mad:

I don't talk to one of my uncles. Neither does my mom, dad or younger brother.
He had his days where he was a nice guy, but for the most part, he has always been a jerk. He has verbally and sometimes physically abused most of the women in his life including his own mother and sisters! :mad:

He lived with my grandma and after she had surgery for lung cancer, which she barely survived, she was on oxygen and he swore at her and told her he wished she would just die 'cause he needed money and he wanted her house.:mad:

People always say, "well that's just how he is."

Well, enough is enough and I don't care if I never talk to him or see him again after what he did!!

He was injured at work a couple of years ago and got a settlement last March. He has always been a drunk, but after he got his money he hooked up with some money grubbing skank and then she got him hooked on drugs. He blew all of his money (and now the bitch left him) and on January 24th of this year, he came into my house and threatened to kill my family.

First, he kept calling my house asking for money. I said no, so he kept calling my cell phone. I quit answering his calls. 20 minutes later he decided to just come over! He knocked on the door and when my mom opened the door he came in and said "why aren't you answering the phone?". Then he 'nicely' asked for money. We said no, so he started swearing at us and demanding money, and then he pulled a knife on my mom!! I got between the two of them so he would have to get through me first, if he was going to do anything.

My dad grabbed his billy club and was about to kick his ass but after I said I was calling the cops he swore at me and left. (He had warrants, so he was scared)
I wish we hadn't let him in, but we didn't know he was going to go that far.

My mom was apprehensive about calling the police but I told her if she didn't I would. He has always been violent and he's even worse now that he's on drugs! But I figured, if we didn't call the police, what would he do next?

The police picked him up that night and he spent a few months in jail. He got out and was supposed to go to court May 4th, but didn't show up. There's a warrant for his arrest and when they do find him, he'll be spending 2 years or more in prison. :mad:

Oh wow, that is just horrible. And friggin' scary!:eek: I would not have patience for anyone like that. He obviously is a drug addict and until that issue is taken care of, everything else is just a symptom. Unfortunately, he resorts to violence and a propensity to want to harm people physically. I'd be pissed if someone tried to harm my family like he did to yours. :mad:

If estrained means in a fight, then yes

My mom is estrained from one of my aunts (and uncle and cousins) because of something about the will when my grandfather died, it was supposed to be divided equally, but my aunt and uncle fought to have it not be divided equally (or something) and I guess have more go to them then it was supposed to. My jerk "uncle" (I cant stand to call him that) talked her into trying to get most of the will money. Keep in mind, this guy always hated my grandfather and has always been a greedy jerk. She's actually starting to get along with her though, they're starting to email each other and stuff, and their planning on having lunch one day, so it's strating to get better.

My dad is estrained from his sister because she basically robbed his side of the family. I dont even know the whole story, but I doubt things will ever be ok again on that side of the family. On my mom's side, things are starting to look a little better. My mom is starting to talk to my aunt, so that's good :)
wow old post!

anyway, ever since that post things have been better on the mom side. we're pretty close to my aunt now, and cousins, we've pretty much made up with them. we went to dinner with em several times. it patched up last summer at my cousin's weddining. still nothin' on my dad's side, but i didnt talk to them much ever anyway -_-

My mom is estranged with her youngest sister because of my aunt's jerk husband. It's a long, tedious story, but the aunt basically believes her lying husband over her own oldest sister who helped care for her! They see each other at family parties and get-togethers, but they just ignore each other... My jerk of an aunt even had the guts to call my mom and tell her to NEVER call or visit. This was around August 2003 - nearly two years ago!

And to think that blood is thicker than water. Geez. *snickers*
Wow! This post is nearly two years old!!! :eek: Sadly, nothing positive has changed. This remains the same. :(

my father

my entire family

I have one brother who's totally estranged from us (my brother and myself). We could care less and actually prefer it this way. Don't need to listen to his whiney b.s.

He does try to keep in touch with my (rich) aunt. He's just hoping for something when she goes like he did with his own father and mother and his wife has done with members of her family. They're nothing but leeches.
Luckily the remaining members of the family are now on to him.

Father, Grandma and that whole side of the family. Havent seen most of them in 9-10 years. My grandmother decided to cut us out of her life when we asked her to help get my dad some help. Told us we were dillusional. Karma will come to her, I do believe that.

As some people on this board know, I was estranged from my mother who walked out on us seventeen years ago. She passed away recently and even though I hadn't mended anything with her, going to her funeral and finding out things about her made me forgive her which was hard for me to do.

My mother was estranged from her Mexician relatives(except for her mother) because she was ashamed to be half-Mexician.

I was estranged for the longest time from my best friend. We were friends since 1988 and we stopped speaking in 2000 because she couldn't no longer see me mess myself up.