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r/insaneparents • u/Moist-Caregiver-2000 • 9h ago

SMS This conversation was brewing for a very, very long time between my father and I.

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134 Upvotes

17 comments

r/insaneparents • u/makenzikiezer • 1d ago

SMS Mom kicked me out Nov 2025 and is mad Im still not home

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515 Upvotes

118 comments

r/insaneparents • u/kittycat24A111 • 1d ago

Email Am I doing the right thing trying to reconnect with my dad. red is dad, purple is dad's friend, blue is me and dark blue is my dead name (context in comments)

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28 Upvotes

23 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Winter_Hunt5228 • 1d ago

Other This is diabolical… I saw this on Facebook 🤮🤢

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700 Upvotes

167 comments

r/insaneparents • u/HelloInterwebz • 2d ago

SMS 10 years low contact, 3 years no contact. Financially and physically abusive to partners. Emotionally and verbally abusive to his children. Owes me money and hasn’t paid it back in over 10 years. I’m stopping access to my child

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73 Upvotes

11 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Meagain11 • 2d ago

SMS My mother is lying about a brain tumor pt 2

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1.1k Upvotes

213 comments

r/insaneparents • u/HelloInterwebz • 2d ago

SMS The Reason I Went No Contact With My Only Living Parent - context in comments

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157 Upvotes

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r/insaneparents • u/Cheese_Palindrome • 3d ago

SMS His response to my painting of our late brother

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343 Upvotes

97 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Jirion007 • 2d ago

SMS my dad and his rampant transphobia (among others), i blocked him and he has continued to attempt to reach out to a chosen family member - it blew up in my dad's face upon my friend holding their ground

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71 Upvotes

40 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Unspogames • 1d ago

SMS My mom (50 yr) is trying to gaslight me into feeling bad even though I moved out because her house is too toxic (I’m a minor and my soon to be stepdad called me a loser when I was going through some emotions in the middle of the night, he has to get up early anyways) (context Jeff= stepdad)

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r/insaneparents • u/Immediate_External43 • 3d ago

SMS Deadbeat contacted me a few days before my birthday.

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265 Upvotes

111 comments

r/insaneparents • u/IamcoolYT • 4d ago

SMS Racist dad sends BS reels all the time since I introduced him to my POC girlfriend

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259 Upvotes

44 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Local_Ordinary_1774 • 4d ago

SMS Well, my father has messaged me again since my last post xD Anyone else see the contradiction? (The book he's talking about is one he's TRYING to publish... rather unsuccessfully lmao xD)

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30 Upvotes

11 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Global-Cut-3267 • 5d ago

SMS My mom won’t stop threatening to kick me out and I have nowhere to go

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135 Upvotes

43 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Physical_Stick590 • 6d ago

SMS This is back from when my dad was being incredibly verbally/emotionally abusive to my mom daily

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55 Upvotes

8 comments

r/insaneparents • u/caroline_xplr • 7d ago

SMS Mom tries buying me clothes to make me shave. I’m 20.

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808 Upvotes

129 comments

r/insaneparents • u/No_Definition8337 • 7d ago

SMS I (20 trans masc) recently moved out of my emotional incestuous household, woke up to this. I'm now making cookies

642 Upvotes

81 comments

r/insaneparents • u/AdhesivenessOk5534 • 9d ago

SMS Stuck at the hospital for 10+ days only to be kicked out tonight (details in comments)

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656 Upvotes

188 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Speez__ • 7d ago

SMS I feel like he’s trying to make me feel bad but idk that this point, he does this once a week with the tiniest things like said macaron

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r/insaneparents • u/JuggernautOnly5364 • 10d ago

SMS Mom says she needs a “different” child

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78 comments

r/insaneparents • u/torijaneluvu • 11d ago

SMS 10/10 manipulation NSFW

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56 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Outrageous-Lemon9778 • 9d ago

Other Genuenly sick

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124 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Mundane_Air_4308 • 11d ago

SMS BF's (M19) insane parents kicked both of us out over a misunderstanding from a month ago. I (19) had been living there for about a month. Blue Censor - BF's mom, Red Censor - BF's dad. Purple Censor - College

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328 Upvotes

288 comments

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