![]() ![]() ![]() “If you cheat on me or shut me out we can work through that, but if you ever hurt our kids I’m out the door.” “You hurting our kids,” he said without hesitation. One evening as we were discussing our future together, I asked my boyfriend what it would take for him to leave me if we were married. I’ve seen funerals where siblings weren’t speaking to each other over decades-old feud, even as they buried their parents. Message boards and advice columns are full of families torn apart by controlling in-laws, divorced parents, and sibling rivalries. If my brother blew up a building or started eating people, though, I wouldn’t blame my parents for turning their backs on him.įor others, that line may be crossed when your beloved hurts an innocent in their effort to reach you. ![]() If you look you can find plenty of stories of parents who love and forgive their children even after discovering they’re criminals, terrorists, rapists or serial killers. What would it take to make you stop loving them?įor many people, that threshold occurs when the object of their love does something that fundamentally changes their character. You’d make sacrifices, go broke, maybe even die for this person. Maybe it’s your best friend, or the person who stepped in and became your home when your family abandoned you. Maybe it’s your spouse, your mom, you brother, your child. Think of the person you love most in the world. ![]()
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