10 Reasons Why People Don’t Talk To Family Members

Families fall out all the time, sometimes over the smallest of things. Mostly, people make up, after all, blood is thicker than water, right?

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Well not always, sometimes what’s happened in the past has left such a negative impact, history and people are blurred away and forgotten about.

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The subject came up in a recent Reddit thread when u/Electrical_Ant6630 asked fellow Redditors, “Why don’t you talk to ‘that’ family member anymore?”

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Understandably, the thread was marked as Not Say For Work so you have been warned. Here are the top 10 responses.

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1. "When at my sister's funeral they told me I had no reason to cry." - 24.7k

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When at my sister's funeral they told me I had no reason to cry because I wasn't really family because I was adopted.

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I was adopted within my own family. We were still biologically related.

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2. "She gave him my new home address. - 14.4k

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When the ex-husband got released from jail for spousal abuse and restraining order violations, she gave him my new home address.

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3. "Stole our grandpa's identity (his dad) and ruined him financially." - 10.0k

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Stole our grandpa's identity (his dad) and ruined him financially.

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Then when his brother died, tried stealing money from his sister (my mom) and conning his way into things that didn't belong to him.

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4. "Tried to steal my grandmother's money after she died." - 9.1k

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