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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I learned the hard way, like you, that blood relatives do not automatically get a free pass. In fact, I’d say that blood relatives need to be held to higher standards.

My mom was complicit; she witnessed some of the physical abuses my brother put me through, and she and my dad chalked it up to “boys will be boys”.

I will breathe a little easier the day she moves on from this world.