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Everyone wants me to keep the peace again

This started at my parents' kitchen table, and I did not understand the real problem until later. This started when one relative made a decision for everyone and called it urgent. I tried to keep it normal and failed.

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#Situations · Aug 31

#Situations

This started at my parents' kitchen table, and I did not understand the real problem until later.

This started when one relative made a decision for everyone and called it urgent. I tried to keep it normal and failed. This was at my parents' kitchen table, with the sibling who lives nearest them. Pill bottles stood between the coffee mugs. I wanted to be the bigger person and lasted maybe eight minutes.

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Sharing care without pretending distance costs nothing. I did not say that part out loud. They handle emergencies nobody schedules. The next appointment has no driver. Now everyone is acting around it, and someone is threatening to leave the family chat I listed every visit I made.

Maybe I am using this to justify myself. Visible effort is easier to defend than constant availability.

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