Is it acceptable to disown a family member? - If so, then when is it acceptable to do so?

[Thiletonomics]

Given how completely cutting off a family member from your life is a huge task that has significant consequences, is there ever a legitimate reason to disown a family member?

I remembered when Trump got elected, there was that one clip of a mother leaving her child son on the street, just because he like Trump. (although I'm not sure if that incident was serious at all, or just an act for pity bucks) Also, several troons that have been mentioned here, i.e. Greta Martela and Stefonkee Wolscht, both have abandoned their families to live out their "honest" lives as being a woman, the latter being for fetish purposes specifically. Note also that Greta didn't even officially divorce from his wife at the time when he trooned out and "married" Nina, presumably to avoid having to pay child support. And haven't there been cases of other men trooning out, using family savings to pay for their operations while leaving their families behind? I don't remember if Greta or Stefonkee specifically raided the family savings just for trooning purposes.

In that case, would it be acceptable to cut off ties with those kinds of people, if it's clear that they won't come back?

 

[ES 148]

Anyone who cuts themselves off from their own family for petty reasons probably doesn't deserve their affection.
Still, this is a bit too nuanced a question to answer just like that. It depends on the people involved.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

I think a good rule of thumb to use when cutting family completely off is when it becomes obvious that they're only interested in what they can get out of you.

 

[VoidMachine]

You only have an average of 90 years to live in your life, more if you're really stubborn. Less if you're unlucky. There's no point in keeping really shitty people in it.

If there was a "greta" in my family I sure as fuck would disown them. I don't got time for that kinda bullshit.

 

[IV 445]

Anyone who cuts themselves off from their own family for petty reasons probably doesn't deserve their affection.
Still, this is a bit too nuanced a question to answer just like that. It depends on the people involved.

Barb.

 

[Gordon Cole]

I'd say it depends on severity. If a family member is/was an abusive drunk, then that's a perfectly valid reason. If a family member voted for Trump and you're disowning them because "The blood's on their hands, goddammit!", then you're a bitch who needs to suck it up and accept other people's differences.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

I cut my sister out of my life when she tried to tell me that Shane Vandrell was the best character on The Shield when everyone knows the answer is Dutch.

 

[AnOminous]

Only for shit like murder. And it better have been a murder of someone else in the family. Otherwise, you help them dig the hole.

Short of utter betrayal, you should generally consider family to be for life.

 

[IV 445]

Only for shit like murder. And it better have been a murder of someone else in the family. Otherwise, you help them dig the hole.

Short of utter betrayal, you should generally consider family to be for life.

That’s deep....I kind of want to see how many bodies are in your family’s backyard

 

[The Shadow]

For the most part I'm against disowning unless they're publicly dragging the family name through the mud. If I was a Dobson, for example, I would disown Hat Andy.

But more seriously, I think what's more important is not to disown someone but to stop enabling people's idiocy. We stopped wiring my uncle money because he wouldn't pay rent, he'd just buy tequila.

 

[A Hot Potato]

My dad is useless, dishonest, and a utter faggot.

Nobody would want to keep his stupid ass around.

 

[Vocaloid Ruby]

It's perfectly reasonable to disown a family member if they're a piece of shit. If all they care about is themselves and not the family, then why should they be apart of the family? Let them be, if that's how they've been acting.

Of course disowning a family member suddenly isn't as justifiable. Maybe if they've been going down hill for a few years, and perhaps won't listen to anyone you can leave them. It's when you know they're too far gone, or if what they've done is irredeemable do you say your messy goodbyes.

Otherwise, they'll pull you into the ride with them.

 

[Zack the ripper]

to me i would say no fam
disowning is just trying to save face by parents who fucked up as parents
if your family is hurting you you are allowed to leave
but you shouldn't disown your fam bruh that's how villains are born !
in my perfect fam that i would create i would try to make my sons and daughters feel at home
whatever they choose to be
thats my responsibility as a family man if i would disown them then i shouldn't be knocking girls up you feel me ?
they are extensions of me basically i would argue that 13th friday jason's mother is my ideal mom

 

[AnOminous]

to me i would say no fam
disowning is just trying to save face by parents who fucked up as parents
if your family is hurting you you are allowed to leave
but you shouldn't disown your fam bruh that's how villains are born !
in my perfect fam that i would create i would try to make my sons and daughters feel at home
whatever they choose to be
thats my responsibility as a family man if i would disown them then i shouldn't be knocking girls up you feel me ?
they are extensions of me basically i would argue that 13th friday jason's mother is my ideal mom

Parents who fucked up as parents were usually trying their best. Unless they were actively malicious, cut them some fucking slack.

If your family is hurting you, guess what, you're probably a pussy, and you're just going to seek out some dumb social cult that will hurt you even more. Look at every one of the troons here.

But yes, if you disown your family, you are well on your way to being a villain.

Don't be a villain! Love your family!

 

[Zack the ripper]

Parents who fucked up as parents were usually trying their best. Unless they were actively malicious, cut them some fucking slack.

If your family is hurting you, guess what, you're probably a pussy, and you're just going to seek out some dumb social cult that will hurt you even more. Look at every one of the troons here.

But yes, if you disown your family, you are well on your way to being a villain.

Don't be a villain! Love your family!

dipshit if your father develops a habit of raping you should you stay then ?
oh im sure parenting isn't easy no shit it isn't
but the quality matters not the quantity meaning you may have only one hour a day to spend with your child if you put effort in it that will count bruh

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Absolutely but you should have a good reason for doing so.

 

[Scharführer Cat]

Only for shit like murder. And it better have been a murder of someone else in the family. Otherwise, you help them dig the hole.

Short of utter betrayal, you should generally consider family to be for life.

Bloody hell, you mobster?

 

[AnOminous]

Bloody hell, you mobster?

No, and it's sad that society has become so depraved that merely valuing one's family leads to such an accusation.

 

[AnOminous]

dipshit if your father develops a habit of raping you should you stay then ?

Didn't I point out "actively malicious" as an exception to the general rule?

 

[Randall Fragg]

In a moral society, faggot trannies would not just be disowned. They would be executed under anti-obscenity sodomy laws.

But isn’t that against the first commandment, Thou Shall Not Kill?