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Support and friendship for those whose lives have been affected by estrangement.

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Madgran77 Thu 26-Jun-25 15:30:49

A new thread - and hopefully a new beginning with no more trolls/previously banned posters and lots of support, understanding and constructive advice for posters old and new 🙂

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Mati Thu 26-Jun-25 15:14:12

Thank you Smileless2012 and DL. 💐
I have read and appreciated your sensible suggestions to others for a while and I could find comfort that I was not the only one going through this. Please do not let these malicious trolls stop your life line of support. I love that you have this forum. Truth will hopefully come out (eventually)!

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Smileless2012 Thu 26-Jun-25 14:43:06

We cannot fix someone who blames others for being unhappy you're right Mati whether they're people we know and love, or strangers on line.

I hope you will find peace and happiness as your health and sanity gradually recovers flowers.

As we know DL it takes time but once the healing begins, happiness is just on the horizon smile.

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Bridie22 Thu 26-Jun-25 14:38:48

Thank you for the new thread Smileless, and thanks to the lovely regulars who are always there with their support, long may it continue x

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Mati Thu 26-Jun-25 14:35:08

Thank you for such a supportive and refreshingly honest post and forum. Estrangement and the hurt and shame it entails is not an easy thing to live with. We are still reeling from the smear campaign and as far as we know, we did the best we could. But now have to walk away for our sanity and health. We can not fix someone who blames others for being unhappy.

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DiamondLily Thu 26-Jun-25 11:18:06

I agree, Smileless - if they’re happy and healed after estranging, they should be leading happy lives, as most of us do, on here, whether as estranger or ones that have been estranged. 🙄

Bit sad really, but luckily, they’re pretty easy to spot.

The “stories” get sillier and more extreme. 🤷‍♀️

Hope everyone is well. x💐

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Smileless2012 Thu 26-Jun-25 10:42:51

So here we are again, another thread for friends we've already made and for those we are yet to meet.

The last few days have been difficult because for as long as some of us have been contributing to the support threads, offensive posts from these 'new' members still not only disrupt, but can hurt too.

'The truth shall set you free' popped into my head over the weekend because these 'new' members/trolls/previously banned posters are not being truthful to us here on this forum or possibly to themselves either.

In order for the truth to free us we have to be honest because honesty and truthfulness can liberate us from all kinds of emotional baggage like guilt and fear and also the impact of deception on our lives.

Guilt often prevents 'admitting' to estrangement in the first place and many live with the fear of permanent estrangement, that estrangement is inevitable or the fear of what a reconciliation my bring.

The impact that the deception from those who lie about us to others is sometimes unquantifiable as is the impact of lying to themselves.

What we share may not always be pretty, it may not always be easy to share or to read but it does help ourselves, one another and who knows how many who read but never post and that I believe is what really matters.

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