Breaking Free
I've finally done it, I've finally cut off contact with my narcissistic mother. I haven't really had much for contact with my maternal family in many years now, even though I've kept my inbox open and have given many invitations and opportunities to see each other. It doesn't really feel any different to me, having them blocked, because they never bothered. What hurts, truly aches in the pit of my stomach, and twists like a knife in my heart - is that my sister is falling in line with the title of " Golden Child". It shouldn't really surprise me, seeing as how every time I've mentioned limiting contact with our mother, or discussed all the problematic themes in our childhood, my sister would defend our mother and show deep empathy. " She did the best she could." was her go-to line. The best she could !? She was never home after Dad died, she was always spending every penny of our child tax benefits on fancy brunches, cigarettes, wee...