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Adult siblings mooching off of our folks
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 708286" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Perhaps your parents are using their children, too, to avoid intimacy.</p><p></p><p>I am close to their age. I feel entirely competent to make decisions and to set boundaries.</p><p></p><p>My mother, now gone, was to a large extent used by my younger sister. Until the relationship got clearly abusive, I let them manage their relationship as they saw fit. I believe people have a right to make their own mistakes. As long as my mother was competent, I left it alone.</p><p></p><p>I agree with in a daze, make sure you know your limits and keep the boundaries that are important to you. You have a lot on your plate to deal with. You have no obligation to take in to your home (or even your life) adults who have sought to avoid responsibility for making their own lives.</p><p></p><p>There are all kinds of behavioral supports available for people who seek them, as you have availed yourself of some.</p><p></p><p>I would try to stay out of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 708286, member: 18958"] Perhaps your parents are using their children, too, to avoid intimacy. I am close to their age. I feel entirely competent to make decisions and to set boundaries. My mother, now gone, was to a large extent used by my younger sister. Until the relationship got clearly abusive, I let them manage their relationship as they saw fit. I believe people have a right to make their own mistakes. As long as my mother was competent, I left it alone. I agree with in a daze, make sure you know your limits and keep the boundaries that are important to you. You have a lot on your plate to deal with. You have no obligation to take in to your home (or even your life) adults who have sought to avoid responsibility for making their own lives. There are all kinds of behavioral supports available for people who seek them, as you have availed yourself of some. I would try to stay out of it. [/QUOTE]
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