Sister Reacts Poorly to Discovery of Two Half-Siblings

Asking Eric: My sister’s jealousy is threatening my new family connections

Dear Eric: My parents married as teens and had two children: me, and my younger sister, ‘Jodie.’ They divorced when I was two and I never saw my father again. My mother and her second husband were abusive to us.

Asking Eric: Why is my sister trying to sabotage our relationship with newly found half-siblings?

Dear Eric: My parents married as teens and had two children: me, and my younger sister, ‘Jodie.’ They divorced when I was two and I never saw my father again. My mother and her second husband were abusive to us.

Sister reacts poorly to discovery of two half-siblings

Dear Eric: My parents married as teens and had two children: me, and my younger sister, "Jodie." They divorced when I was 2 and I never saw my father again. My mother and her second husband were abusive to us.

Asking Eric: I told my parents if they move to Florida they’re on their own. They did not respond well.

Was I wrong to be frank about the repercussions of their decision?

Asking Eric: My parents are ditching the family for Florida - I’m not happy about it

Dear Eric: My parents, in their 70s, have decided to move from New England, where our whole extended family lives, to Florida, where no one in the family lives.

Asking Eric: My parents are moving to Florida. I told them not to expect me to support that decision

Dear Eric: My parents, in their 70s, have decided to move from New England, where our whole extended family lives, to Florida, where no one in the family lives.