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txwhitedove

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8. From my own history with such family

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 08:57 AM

Dec 2025

members, after a doctor's counsel and reading, it came down to separation. "I love you, but..." you do no favors supporting them. It is horrible, like cutting off your own arm. My addicted husband was on the street and murdered. My daughter took years but works, supporting herself, and more like the fun girl she was before...but I still fear having her stay in my house.

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About Nick Reiner [View all] no_hypocrisy Dec 2025 OP

There are many struggling snowybirdie Dec 2025 #1

on the real life show "Intervention" - many of the episodes featured parents/grandparents under considerable pressure BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 17 #36

Malcolm Nance said that Rob Reiner talked to him about Liberal In Texas Dec 2025 #2

wow MadameButterfly Dec 2025 #13

I was thinking the same thing. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #22

indeed. He has so many resources, I wish he had hired a full time security guard BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 17 #37

Wow. I wonder what Malcolm suggested flamingdem Dec 17 #28

Yikes. So awful and cruel. Some sort of demonic force must grip these people LymphocyteLover Dec 2025 #3

Addiction is horrible, and mixed with a mental illness creates a dangerous situation. kellytore Dec 2025 #4

Next door neighbors - I grew up in a working class neighborhood - two family houses. Next door neighbors were 3Hotdogs Dec 2025 #5

Don't forget environmental factors. hunter Dec 2025 #6

My question would be... llmart Dec 2025 #9

"almost" being an important qualifier here - cab67 Dec 2025 #12

A daughter is not likely to slit the throat of her parents. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #24

Daughters can be just as locked into themselves as sons... haele Dec 2025 #14

Brain wiring and genetics play a part lostnfound Dec 2025 #21

Young men also have delayed frontal lobe development compared to females. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #25

don't let Christian rightwingers hear you say that. Dont you know that women are created to be under male leadership? BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 17 #34

Yes, and it is a very bad system. Irish_Dem Dec 17 #39

Yes, and it is a very bad system. Irish_Dem Dec 17 #40

Yes most of the violence on the planet is male. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #23

I have frequently observed over the span of years mothers almost training their sons to hate women as a result msfiddlestix Dec 2025 #26

I've read your post a couple times to try to understand it. llmart Dec 2025 #27

Oopsy. Didn't want to paint such a broad brushstroke, apologize for that.not intended. msfiddlestix Dec 17 #38

Oh, I didn't read it like that. llmart Dec 17 #41

Why isn't the son in jail? Seriously. That's attempted murder of your friend. Vinca Dec 2025 #7

After decades of domestic abuse no_hypocrisy Dec 2025 #11

In the case of the Reiner's they did set boundaries and after repeated rehab visits... Hope22 Dec 2025 #15

This happened decades ago. It is unlikely that the parents are alive. 3Hotdogs Dec 2025 #16

From my own history with such family txwhitedove Dec 2025 #8

Had to do that with a family member, too. She became a meth addict, which broke up her allegorical oracle Dec 17 #31

These horrible stories -- I wish there were answers mainer Dec 2025 #10

Thank President Reagan for closing the hospitals that used to house these individuals. /nt artemisia1 Dec 2025 #17

Yes, there is definitely a need for some of these violent individuals senseandsensibility Dec 2025 #18

That was horrible, but why wasn't the policy ever reversed? Polybius Dec 17 #29

I'm getting a feeling that this situation is more common that we realize senseandsensibility Dec 2025 #19

Sounds like Rebl2 Dec 2025 #20

I tried. But the Elder Abuse division won't do anything unless no_hypocrisy Dec 17 #32

Must be Rebl2 Dec 17 #33

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the same week, also LA area, Rich doctor couple killed by son, famous singer killed by son BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 17 #35