My mom and I both know my dad is drinking too much but we've developed this weird dynamic where we talk to each other about it but never address it with him, and I think we're enabling the whole situation by managing it around him.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are using their connection with each other to avoid the harder work of engaging with a third person who needs their honesty.
“Where Are You with Islamic mourning — the forty-day tradition?”
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