What would make you disown a member of your family.
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Trisha Had her baby
ANSWERS: 15
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Nothing. Family is family no matter what happens. Friends and sweethearts could come and go, but family remains. It's all in the blood. =)
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purposely(sp?) hurting my child.
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I couldn't disown family. However, I can do nothing if they choose to disown me.
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My daughter could kill me & I'd forgive her but as for other family members it would be drugs. If they're on drugs or drunk, I want nothing to do with them until they're clean & sober. I'd try & help them but the choice would be theirs
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If they were abusive toward children.
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If ANYONE hurt either of my kids then disowning them would be the minimum I would do. And that includes family! Last summer I actually hit my dad because he was smoking inside his house while I was there visiting, my son has real bad Asthma and cigarette smoke can cause a serious attack and that can kill. He refused to put it out so I punched him. I would back my kids with my life and ANYONE that stands in my way would have to deal with me! And you dont want to have to deal with me!
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If someone in my family were so wretched that I felt I should disown them, I would have to also disown my beliefs about love, forgivness, hope, trust, and faith. This is not to say I don't believe in holding people, including family, accountable.
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If they stole from me. That in my mind is hard to forgive. When trust is broken by a family member it's hard to repair that back to were it was.
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Being utter and total poison. I have recently disowned a member of my family. After 21 years of neglect, emotional abuse, and an utter lack of responsibility I've had enough of her. Now she's doing it to my brother and sister. Misery loves company, and she's out to make everyone she comes in contact with miserable. I no longer know her, and she will never know my children.
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No cause family is family. Now some family members have disown me but I have not disown them.
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well.... you are not married to the 'family' you are married to your spouse. Ive had the whole first 2 years dominated by my husband's family. They have that 'we know more than you' air going on and they are extremly opinionated and bias towards me and my husband's mother in law, who 'recently' stating acting civil, but that is only because she knows that she has to deal with my 'spawn' she now considers a blessing to deal with. Shes very one-sided, as you can see and crazy. So.. in situations that involve realtionships with you that become 'toxic' and make you feel: sad, depressed, angry, and not too good about yourself... you have to really look at who is doing this, it could even be your own mother/spouse/children. and if you have a hard-heart and they cause you more grief than good, you can consider giving them a 'probationary period' and then disown them, if you can no longer handle this behavior that affects you negativly. protect yourself, but dont forget to forgive, because it only hurts you int he end.
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I think "disown" is a poor word. Basically, I exclude people in my family who I consider to be divise and toxic to me. I don't need to put a label on the situation, I just keep my distance.
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Didn't happen to me but the brother of an old girlfriend molested her other brothers kids, He, the molester, is in jail. and has been disowned by all but his mother.
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If their behavior was damaging to me, emotionally or physically. I have set up healthy boundaries between myself and my "offender". When they choose to ignore the boundaries I remove myself from their presence, if it continues I would cease contact.
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Nothing. I may separate myself from them, but never disown them.
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