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Wow, yes, my sister and I are in our early 50s and it took us this long to realise what was wrong and finally be able to say - No I do not love my mother - and that is OK. No - we did not have a normal healthy warm childhood and that is Ok it does not make us crazy. But it did take a long time to de...

I am ambivalent about my father. Sometimes years ago, if he dared, he supported us children, other times he was as cold as Mum. Now they are in their 80s I feel desperaty sorry for him locked in the loungeroom with my NPD mum, a crazy cat she dotes on and a large tray of kitty litter. She tells him ...

I think most peoeple are pretty flexible and NPDs use this. My ageing mother (who has never shown the slightets interest in my children - you have to accept that and hope the other grandparents are ok) lives a thousand miles away with my dad. She has always moved a lot. My siblings and I beleive it ...