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Beescrete Fri 16-Oct-26 20:10:01

I am here for many reasons. I want to hear and learn from people in a similar situation. I want to talk with people who understand the pain I'm in. I want constructive advice, including from EPs to improve my relationship.

I started sharing a few days ago and every troll has been an EC who just wants to hate EPs.

To be clear, on past threads, I have seen EPs describe ECs in terrible ways and exhibit generally bad behavior.

But on my thread it was fellow ACs who couldn't help but take a cruel swipe at the EPs who were trying to help me.

Can we find a common purpose where we offer honest and genuine advice to each other without resorting to cruelty?

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Beescrete Fri 16-Oct-26 20:22:17

When I see a new post from an EP or someone close to being an EP my thought is, if they want to reconcile, what advice can I offer that will help. If they are ready to give up, how can I support them in estrangement.

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stillawipp Fri 16-Oct-26 21:32:12

Ditto, we all come at it from different angles - EP, EAC, newly estranged, long-term estranged, shakily reconciled, fully reconciled etc , and we all have different perspectives to speak from. All views should be considered valid and equal, and worthy of consideration and respect. Nobody is senior to anyone else on here, nobody owns this forum, & nobody should be made to feel like an unwelcome outsider. Debate is healthy and helpful, rudeness and personal insults are not.

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