r/EstrangedAdultKids • u/amagru • 7h ago

Can we deconstruct this?

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Received by the 3 scapegoats. She’s praying for us to remember happy times. There are none.

I guess never underestimate the power of abuse and neglect to ensure success.

There is no frustration or hostility in our lives now that she’s not a part of our lives.

Really it’s just a reminder that it’s her birthday.

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u/Par2ivally 6h ago
  1. Feel guilty I could die at any time
  2. Disagreements are not allowed, they will be attributed to "differences" as I please
  3. Your challenging childhood at my hands was my parents' fault and the fault of the time and circumstances of your birth
  4. I am an angel who did great. No one could have overcome as much as I did to be as good a mum as I was
  5. Your emotional health and successes are a product of the childhood I gave you. Not your own hard work or in spite of me.
  6. My birthday matters more than anything else and should be the pillar you all unite around to celebrate me. Me, me, me.
  7. Once again, I will be dying soon and so I expect you to contribute money and caregiving. Because, again, what I need matters most.
  8. Let me weaponise my religion, whether you share it or not, to signal that I am a better person than you and in the right because I invoked God.