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have you had to cut people out of your life?

Started by latoya fox, January 13, 2014, 11:53:49 AM

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latoya fox

i recently cut my mother out of my life. pretty much this is how it goes, she says she's accepting to my face, but to her friends and herself she will pretty much make it out that i am a joke or something that is carnivalesque, my mother is a compulsive liar, she has multiple boyfriends,( but denies it but every in town who knows her calls her a slut and homewrecker, she gets harrassed for it everywhere she goes) her most "serious" relationship is with a guy named roger, who is crazy, psychotic, and a woman beater. my mother is still married to a man named markus, but he currently is out of state, so she has both a boyfriend, and a husband, as well as other guys on the side, she also was never a mother to me especially when i was younger, she obviously favored my sister over me and my brother because she was the first girl. and after my sister was born, she would do anything to get rid of me pretty much, put me in group homes, mental hospitals, and lie and say i was suicidal ( i've never been suicidal) all to get rid of me so she could spoil my sister rotten and continue cheating on my father, overtime, i forgave her (so i thought) until recently i went out with my boyfriend, my friend chris (who is also trans) (ftm) and vera (the woman who gave birth to me, i don't call her my mom) was talking to a random guy at the bar, outted both chris and i to this guy, and even was bitching to my boyfriend that she could never accept me as being her daughter. ( stupid move on her end, as if my own boyfriend wouldn't tell me that) lol. so anyways. she lies and says i do it to deceive people, that god forbid i talk to someone, i have to tell them, she won't say that to my face though, she tells her friends that. i live with my father and my sister, (my father is accepting and uses pronouns, my name, and takes me everywhere i need to go) also, before transition, my brother was living with us, but i convinced my father to have jake move out, as he was making terrible choices in life and just hanging out with the wrong crowd, jake has no idea how i look or that i transitioned, and i prefer to keep him out of my life, because i know he would turn me into a laughing stock for his friends. the reason i turned my back on him before transition was because he lied to family councelors and told them we were never close, which is not true, we always were growing up, he only says that to fit in with his "friends" and i use that term loosely. but anyways, that's my story, i do not intend on speaking to my mother or brother ever again, i do not hate them, i just choose not to have venomous people in my life
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stephaniec

I'm sorry you have had such a hard time . I don't talk to my sister or brother. Haven't talk to them for 20 years. It's terrible things like this happen.
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latoya fox

it's ok stephanie, and thank you, i'm ok with it though, i feel releaved :) everything is much better now, not really much bad has happened minus those two things. so i'm ok with it
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Jamie D

Latoya, it seems you are doing the right thing.  I am reminded of a part of this poem:

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.


Keep the negative people from pulling you down to their level.  And be at peace with yourself.
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latoya fox

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Northern Jane

An awfully long time ago I had to walk away from my adopted parents who refused to accept me. That was hard because it also meant leaving my childhood home, all my friends, and everything else behind and starting over all by myself - the hardest thing I ever did! But I had no choice but to go it alone and everything worked out fine.

Years later I started reconnecting with old friends online and found they harboured none of the prejudices that my mother did and most of them were well aware of what was happening to me even before I did. So what is lost is not necessarily lost forever and what is lost is often replaced in a different form.

Hang in there my dear!
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big kim

I deliberately lost touch with my childhood friend,he was extremely racist,homophobic and transphobic and I knew it would have gone badly had I been in touch with him.His wife was one of my sister's best friends and he never talked about me or another friend who came out as gay.
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Cassandra Hyacinth

Not yet, but I'm going to need to cut my family off entirely before I can transition at all.
My Skype name is twisted_strings.

If you need someone to talk to, and would like to add me as a contact, send me a contact request on Skype, plus a PM on here telling me your Skype name.  :)
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Shawn Sunshine

Yes I had to very recently in the last month of my life, cut my mother out. It really is the largest emotional wound I have had in a long time. But the good news is you can find people that will love you and not judge you, no matter what. You can heal, it just takes a little longer when its family.
Shawn Sunshine Strickland The Strickalator

#SupergirlsForJustice
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