Woman Severs Ties with In-Laws Amid Shocking Family Rift Over Dying Granddaughter’s Final Days
Pragmatic justice is also a powerful reason to reconsider contact. If your in-laws never give back help, the imbalance is more than symbolic, it manifests as real sacrifices. You redistribute work, expend vacation hours, and double up on house chores to compensate for their lack, but they make no equivalent concessions. Over time, the balance becomes so skewed in your favor that any impression of reciprocal exchange vanishes. Severing connections, even if only for a season, emphasizes that your effort and time are not unlimited assets to be taken advantage of and that true relationships involve give-and-take. The impact resonates beyond superficial disappointment into the world of family togetherness and common memory. This granddaughter didn’t get to have her grandparents around when she needed them, something they can no longer change.
This lack of attention can disproportionately affect certain people more
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Children, in particular, learn about real family life, forming ideas of loyalty and belonging around who’s there and who’s not. If grandparents or uncles and aunts never appear or won’t even help out, children might understand that they’re not worth the trouble. Over time, this will influence their sense of self-worth and how they believe families work. By severing connections with unengaged in-laws, parents protect their children from being consumed with second-class feelings in the larger family unit and show the importance of setting boundaries with individuals who won’t honor your family’s demands.
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