One consequence of years of meditation, deliberately working through childhood issues, traumas etc. is I will not put up with my stepdad's BS.
Going to be a rough transition to having our own place again.
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Oh that sounds like a slice of hell. Please be careful, and remember your light shines whether you reply to him or not, and it would kill him if you didn't. All the luck.
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Thank you for the kind words!
I largely just start out polite and amicable and then grey rock everything if he starts being pushy at all.
Totally noncommital, disinterested. Maybe it gives the impression I'm distracted or stupid, but I don't respect his opinion enough to care.
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He is, scared and childish. Something that you have learned about, meditated on, and grown from. This will be a slightly annoying walk in the park for you 😬
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That's true. I'm sorry about your mom. She might never change, but she may realize her worth and wake up to the insidious reality of abuse one day. Either way is hard. You kind of just get better at letting people become who they choose to be.... it's hard for sure. I'm sorry.
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oh my, sorry you're experiencing that. That's exactly what my mum tells me and my siblings when we were growing up... but at least we were a family. Step family was rare in SG olden days.
Not to be an alarmist, I've heard the rate of abuse is higher in step family 🤔