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diegocaleiro comments on Open thread, August 26 - September 1, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Ben_LandauTaylor 30 August 2013 10:43:41PM 5 points [-]

Advice that you probably don't need to hear, but might be useful to someone in a similar situation:

If you do cut family ties, try to do so without hurting anyone or burning any bridges. The outside view says you're likely to reconcile in 5-10 years, and that's a lot easier if you drifted apart than if you had a big cathartic fight.

Comment author: diegocaleiro 02 September 2013 10:17:51PM 2 points [-]

I'll just vanish slowly, no fight intended.

I don't think fighting is worth it most of the times it occurs, do people disagree?

Comment author: Ben_LandauTaylor 03 September 2013 02:23:33PM 1 point [-]

Strong agreement.

In one's personal life, fighting is occasionally better than no action at all, but (effectively) never the best action.