Family relationships are hard. We care about the people closest to us, so we try to make it work even when we’re going through difficult times with them. But there’s only so much our hearts can take. Enough lying, manipulation, and betrayal will eventually push the kindest of us past our limits, too.
Interested in what that looks like, actor and creator Joshua Triplett asked his online followers who went no contact with their parents to describe the final straw. In the personal stories that he received, the circumstances might be different, but the pain is felt just as deeply.
