Originally Posted by
EveningRose 
But they insinuate themselves through my children. They are affecting my children and have pulled them into the toxicity.
This has to be frustrating... and the thing is, the kids are going to think what they're going to think. They're going to say what they're going to say. The 'rents are going to do whatever -- eventually, they'll be gone, which is good, but in the meantime, they can still keep drizzling toxic waste all over everything, and there's nothing that can be done.
Basically, the dilemma sounds like it's: I could
totally disconnect from the toxic-waste drizzlers, but the only way to do that would also throw the kids under the bus... or at least miss out on parts of their lives that I want to be involved with. Other than sneaking out to a meeting after every such event, not sure what to suggest, since you can't just give them a...
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