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I cut my mom off after I found her cheating. In 2018 I found texts on her phone but I was 16 so I confronted her about it. Pretended like it didn’t bother me for years.Fast forward to 2025 I live alone I cut her off.My dad is sad and wants us to make up.
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Anonymous 1w

you’re emotions are valid, you rlly don’t have to do anything you don’t want to. if you think making up would be good for mental clarity/ closure go for it but if you don’t want to concern urself w her you don’t have to

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Anonymous 1w

If your dad can forgive her then you should be able to as well

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

I don’t want to forgive her and could live the rest of my life without talking to her. My dad on the other hand is trying to guilt trip me cuz everytime we call I can hear her crying in the background and my dad tries to convince me to reconcile with her.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

Thank you. I wish they would understand my perspective instead of faking this image of a “happy” family

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Well obvi do what you want I’ll just tell you tho I went through the same thing. My dad cheated on my mom but they’re still together years later and worked through it. It took a while but I was able to forgive him too because life is short and you only get 1 mom and 1 dad. I did it for the sake of keeping the family united and my mom wanted me to let it go too so it was more for her sake too. We’re all much happier now and learned not to hold grudges against each other

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Of course i went through the same thing around 10, i distanced myself from my dad and he wanted the image of our relationship being happy but at the end of the day you have to be i whats best for your mental health and long term plus the decisions you make today, your opinion later on in life can change but they dont have to Hopefully they can come to terms with your perspective and apologize in some way

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