[Serious] Family Rifts

[Shell B]

Honest observation, your mom treated you pretty shittily by my standards. I don't see why you have to defend her from your sister, particularly if your mother doesn't appreciate it. It sounds to me like you put yourself out there for people who neither deserve it nor appreciate it. It doesn't benefit them because they don't care, and it doesn't benefit you because it causes you pain. I wouldn't say cut them out entirely, because I agree that is difficult. I would say to cut them out emotionally. Leave them out of your inner circle. Keep things casual with them. I don't believe they have to benefit you for you to have a good relationship with them. I just don't think there's any point if every person involved is miserable from the contact.