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"My wealthy parents (70s) disowned me (40F) for leaving my marriage but just invited my ex-husband (42M) on a luxury trip with my kids (5F, 8M, 10M). How do I handle this?"
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When she found happiness with her new partner—someone stable, kind, and, heaven forbid, local-bank-employed her parents didn’t celebrate. They pointed her straight to the off-pist of shame, complete with accusations of failure and a total freeze-out from their affection. Meanwhile, her ex was given a prime spot on the family lift, ready to ascend to the peaks of their approval with her kids in tow.
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Now she’s left at the base of the mountain, wondering whether to keep trying to climb their frosty walls of resentment or just fasten her own skis and carve out a life free from their cold judgment.
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Rich parents shun daughter while showering her ex-husband with support: ‘They called me a failure. said I was a loser during the worst period of my life’
Some parents can't help but turn their love into an icy slope, and one woman is finding herself stuck in a downhill race she never signed up for. After making the bold decision to leave a marriage that wasn't working, she thought her parents might throw her a lifeline or at least a kind word. Instead, they strapped on their helmets, tightened their bindings, and went full-speed into the freezing territory of disapproval.
Her ex-husband, in their eyes, is the perfect skier: graceful, polished, and rich enough to hit all the black diamond runs without breaking a sweat. She, on the other hand, is apparently the clumsy amateur tumbling down the bunny hill, unworthy of a lift pass to their love and support. In this family, staying unhappy in a picture-perfect marriage is the only way to avoid wiping out on the frosted slopes of their judgment.
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