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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember1" data-source="post: 750751" data-attributes="member: 23706"><p>I agree with Wise. Part of Al Anon is to not enable insanity. Letting an addict engage us in nonsense conversations is insanity.</p><p></p><p>Our daughter is big into trying to talk about her government conspiracy theories, Big Pharma horror stories, how vaccinating kids is child abuse, and various other strange ideas she loves to fight about. She calls debating. She also often starts up about how her father and I made her the way she is. We refuse to fuel the fires of conversations that are just for conflict/drama/meanness/abuse. We don't yell or rage, except for Kay. We walk away. It drives Kay nuts.</p><p></p><p>But I feel better not fighting, even if I get off the phone shaking and crying.</p><p></p><p>We tried long ago to calmly defend and explain, but it made things worse. Now we only talk to Kay if she is trying to be nice, which is seldom. So we seldom talk. Lately we never talk.</p><p></p><p>But we feel more peaceful.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I have full days of guilt but will not go back.</p><p></p><p>I give her to God.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember1, post: 750751, member: 23706"] I agree with Wise. Part of Al Anon is to not enable insanity. Letting an addict engage us in nonsense conversations is insanity. Our daughter is big into trying to talk about her government conspiracy theories, Big Pharma horror stories, how vaccinating kids is child abuse, and various other strange ideas she loves to fight about. She calls debating. She also often starts up about how her father and I made her the way she is. We refuse to fuel the fires of conversations that are just for conflict/drama/meanness/abuse. We don't yell or rage, except for Kay. We walk away. It drives Kay nuts. But I feel better not fighting, even if I get off the phone shaking and crying. We tried long ago to calmly defend and explain, but it made things worse. Now we only talk to Kay if she is trying to be nice, which is seldom. So we seldom talk. Lately we never talk. But we feel more peaceful. Yes, I have full days of guilt but will not go back. I give her to God. [/QUOTE]
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