Kudos to your MIL, to be respected is a great feeling. The estrangement will get better for you as you work through what you need to. Being quietly supported is validating. I'm glad you have that.
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I'm so happy to hear this! It's always scary but it sounds like you have people who wants to support you and respects your boundaries.
I've also personally found that b/c of my upbringing I often expect others to try to hurt me, but usually other people are reasonable & respectful (and in the off chance that they're not, I can just consider them terrible ppl and walk away). That realization felt very empowering to me
Kudos to your MIL, to be respected is a great feeling. The estrangement will get better for you as you work through what you need to. Being quietly supported is validating. I'm glad you have that.
I’m happy your MIL didn’t take the bait! Wishing you peace.
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I'm so happy to hear this! It's always scary but it sounds like you have people who wants to support you and respects your boundaries. I've also personally found that b/c of my upbringing I often expect others to try to hurt me, but usually other people are reasonable & respectful (and in the off chance that they're not, I can just consider them terrible ppl and walk away). That realization felt very empowering to me