Step-Monster

[sasah]

Prologue: Andy and I have been living with my parents and renting out our condo. Going on 9 months. We're moving out end of August for Austin. Living with parents has been to save money, and to that end has been a success. My father and step-mother have a volatile relationship. This is driven, in my perception of events, by two large factors: First

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[sublimevisions]

it must be a struggle to have to cope with someone who cannot see outside of their own self-revolving delusions.

i wonder how painful it is for her to not be able to see outside of her own suffering.

[sasah]

I hear you. I am not without compassion. I understand that she should be pitied for having to live in the world that she lives in. But this moment, is but one line of a litany in an lunacy epic. She has worked at one time or another to sabotage everyone around her. And so, even if I can accept that she is wholly a victim of her own neurochemistry, I don't want to live around it anymore. I am so far from a place where I used to care for her, that I don't even remember what caring for her felt like.

[sublimevisions]

that sounds toxic. i've found in past situations that limiting time spent with people was helpful, but then it turned more into a question of how to manage that. the hard part is when they figure it out.

seriously wish you luck.

[sublimevisions]

and strength, even.