Like. They Never Formed A Proper Relationship It Was His Parents Paying Him Mind In Situations That They Would Look Bad For Not Doing So - Tumblr Posts

anyway, a lot of this episode was fun but full stop evan ‘buck’ buckley doesn’t owe his parents shit and i’m tired of the story that children of abusive / absent / unhealthy parents owe them the opportunity or effort to repair that relationship. it’s been almost three decades of emotional negligence. it’s one thing that he forgave them in order to move on with his life and to give up the weight on his shoulders, but ‘they’re putting in an effort and i figure i should too’ reeks of the same reciprocity he’s been beholden to his whole life and that’s not moving on or healing. it’s expending effort on people who won’t do the same, have proven they won’t do the same, and a handful of therapy sessions does not make up for the absolute lack of formative emotional development. i’m all for buck letting go and moving on, and if giving a sweeping forgiveness to his parents is the first step, that’s fine, but the idea that he owes his parents any effort beyond that is 🌠 trash 🌠