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murielm99

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3. I had a mother like that.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:16 AM

Monday

I was the family scapegoat.

Mom had my dad bamboozled. He was her enabler. My baby brother, ten years younger, got anything he wanted. My middle brother and I bought into his "specialness" for a while. Eventually, I backed away from the youngest. We have a cool, distant relationship.

My middle brother and I were close. We both had a lot of therapy. Everyone is dead now, except for me and the baby brother. I talk to my youngest brother once in a while. BTW, he is no baby. He is ten years younger than I. He is 67.

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