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When family members try to rebuild after estrangement

My dad and I have been estranged for three years and we're both trying to rebuild our relationship but every conversation feels like we're walking through a minefield and I think we're both performing versions of ourselves that we think the other wants to see. Neither of us knows how to be real without risking everything again.

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Two people are attempting reconciliation while simultaneously protecting themselves from the very vulnerability that reconciliation requires.

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