Does God Keep Toxic People In Our Life So We Can Learn To Love Like Him

So many great responses. Will address them all.

That is good. You had self-respect to cut off this "toxic" friend. Lonely person may be in denial and accept this behavior in return for few crumbs of luke warm attention

I actually eat standing in the kitchen to avoid sitting in the living room while serials are on. Several story lines, and behaviors towards the wife/bahu are too hard to stomach.

See, I need to learn to how deal with a toxic mother that circumstances has made me stuck with. The art of living.

It's so debilitating otherwise. Lot of times I feel as if I'm forcing myself to act a way, respond a way to minimize contact, interactions else things will escalate.

Maybe I am stuck because I need to learn this art.

In this serial the mother is kind and loving, simple housewife. The father is telling the daughter to get out of this marriage. Really, what started as a nice, inspiring serial turned into rubbish.

Yes, it is. I tried telling my Dad all these years but he never believed me till he saw with his own eyes (the fake 911 call against him, and how she took my abusive ex side). How a mother can be worse than MIL towards her own daughter?

And people think we are making this up.

Sadly, this is all true.

Now I stand in kitchen and eat rather than sit in livingroom and surround myself with filth on TV.

Ignore the bad vibes - that is what I am learning to do.

If she ask what time I wake up, I don't give exact time because she will put negativity.

If I am carrying delivery of art supplies and she asks what it is, I reply its a surprise. Really, I try to give as little information as possible.

I need to slowly slowly focus more on medical education, rather than negativity (especially from her). Having difficulty shedding these negative vibes. It's possible, just bit difficult.

Ah, I haven't watched it.

I did enjoy Neeli Chatri Wali, where Lord Shiva is always advising his devotee Bhagwan Das. Only Bhagwan Das sees him. It was comical and heart-warming.

 

My mother's Father was a drunk, emotionally/physical abusive to his wife. Eventually left her and lived with another woman, getting govt assistance.

My mother and her younger siblings lived basically as servants with her mother's brother's family.

And she was especially abused. But last year she visited India to see all those losers. They only like her because she is USA citizen and because of Dollar to Rupee exchange rate.

It's really sad.

 

Non one every suggested it. And if anyone suggest, she argues back, and say there is something wrong with us.

 

I wish there was some way I can help her, or make her see how her behavior was, is, and continues to be destructive.

A house divided has fallen.