Well I was 5 and my friend’s dad drove me home
I left because my family was abusive to me.
I ended up in an abusive marriage. (After several abusive relationships.) It was so bad that I thought that abuse was just normal and that my family wasn’t so bad. So I came back.
After leaving my abusive spouse, I left the family again. (Until the patriarch of the family died.)
Life is much better with all that behind me.
A girl.
There wasn’t any one thing. We were no contact for awhile but we slowly started talking a little at a time. It eventually led to me moving back in for a few small stints (student teaching, knee surgery, a few months before my wedding). Today, we talk basically only through FaceTime with my two year old and there’s a trip or two to see each other over the course of the year. But honestly, my mental health is fucked before and after the visits, I get anxiety attacks before a phone call occasionally, and we can’t really have deeper than small-talk conversation because we disagree on almost everything.
What do you want to know? The main reasons tend to be financial or logistical. Or legal, if they were a kid when they booked it.
What other information would help you? What’s your goal here?
