Estrangement from parents/immediate family

Are you now, or have you ever been, estranged from a member of your immediate (parents, grandparents, siblings) family? I'm largely estranged from my mom's side of the family; they never quite approved of her marrying my dad, which created a rift that extended to my sisters and me.

I haven't had contact with my mother in about 25 years or my father's sister and her family for about the same.

im not close to my dad, or his side of the family, its been bout 15 years i think since i seen my dad, and even longer seeing his side of the family. one of my sisters ran into my grandma on our dads side not too long ago, and my grandma asked bout the other sister, but not me. o well

Didn't see my...for lack of a better word, "mother" for years. Several years ago I got some anonymous letters in the mail telling me to come take care of her when she was apparently ill. My "responsibility", they read. Like hell. Haven't seen anyone from either side of the family in a hundred years.

I was estranged from my mom for a couple of years after she didn't approve of my "black woman."

Had a rift for a while with my very religious sister during my militant gay days. My sister and I get along now. She isn't even Baptist any more and I'm not too in-yer-face around them, but still matter-of-factly mention my history in conversation.

Ironically, mom visited me and Jim at our apt. in New Orleans when they were touristing thru. I asked her about that and she said she believed the 'roommate' relationship. (Ain't denial great! - same roommate in three different cities and four trips out of country?)

It is nice to see that so many here don't take shit from ppl just because they are family.

I'm estranged from my father (and from there his side of the family.) We just never bonded when I was small....and now when we occasionally communicate, it's forced and awkward. Wherever he is, he probably regrets it, but he would never say so.

Not immediate family, no. However, there are some aunts, uncles, cousins who I would rather drink bad prune juice over being trapped in the same room with.

I wouldn't call it estrangement. My mother left when I was 5, she gave me up for a fast divorce (just as well as she couldn't have raised me). When I was 12 she came for a visit, she thought I was old enough to baby sit her younger daughter. At 17 she visited again. We lost touch after my first child was born, well I didn't want her making and breaking promises to my kids as she had done with me. So then because I wanted some family history I found her again when our kids were grown. Once again she visited a couple of times. I did get to meet my half sister. One thing and another happened and I lost both of their addresses. I didn't hate them I just had absolutely nothing in common with either of them. A friend did some research on the computer for me, we learned my mother had died some years ago at a very old age. As for my half sister, she was too fixated on the wrinkle on her chin. She admitted she had lost friends because all she could think about was her looks. We just felt she was too stupid to breathe without someone there to tell her when. As Time said he never met any one ever as shallow as she .

We are estranged from my guy's mother (so, my son's paternal grandmother). Sometimes that seems so strange, but she screwed him (my guy) out of $28,000 so it is pretty easy to dislike her to the tips of my fingers. I honestly live in fear of the day he forgives her (if he ever does) because I will never, ever.

Been estranged from my folks for years. They were both crazy alcoholics and basically neglectful when I was growing up. Eventually they cleaned themselves up as I was exiting my teen years, well my mom, my dad is another story and ever since then they both have made sporadic amends attempts here and there. When I was engaged to my ex-wife and she was expecting our first child, they gave us money and agreed to babysit after she was born. But the past issues between us have never been completely resolved and so 6 months to a year can past without my seeing them.

Estranged in the traditional sense? Nope. I don't get to see them as often because we live hundreds of miles apart, but I talk to my mother constantly. Talk to my dad and my brother regularly too. My grandmother (dad's mother) I really don't fuck with, but I wouldn't call that estrangement.