From Abandoned Daughter to Reluctant Caregiver: Navigating Family Demands After Years of Neglect

Growing up, I was always the outsider in my own family. My parents and sister excluded me from everything, making me feel invisible and unwanted. At 19, I moved out, hoping for freedom, but they made it clear they had no interest in me. No calls, no texts, not even a word on my birthday.

Years later, out of the blue, my mom called. Her tone was sweet, syrupy, as if time hadn’t passed and nothing had ever been broken. She casually invited me to my sister’s engagement party, as though we were all still one big happy family. But I knew better. The last time they “wanted” me around, I was left at the mall, forgotten and ignored.

I couldn’t help but ask, “Why now?” Her response was dismissive, brushing off the years of hurt like they were nothing. “Families fight, they drift,” she said, as if it was all just some misunderstanding. But I knew the truth—the same sister who had locked me out of the house, who once denied I was even her sibling, wasn’t interested in healing anything. She just nee

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