Nelly,
Before I began my writing career, I worked as an administrative assistant to the head psychologist at a mental health clinic. The office manager was a woman who had not spoken to her mom since she left home at 16. So, it had been about 20 years. Her mom was an alcoholic and child abuser. She did not even call her mom by "Mom", she called her Grace. One day, we were all at a luncheon, and the subject came up. Of course, big mouth here had to throw in her 2 cents. I told her to make amends and bury the hatchet. After all, the woman was her mom. I told her if her mom had known better, that she would have done better. The girl, Barb, just stared at me.
Finally, the head psychologist looked at me and said something I never forgot, and left me pretty much with my mouth hanging open. You see, I expected that he would totally agree with me. He looked at me and calmly said, "Lynn, sometimes things are just not fixable." I grew up in a wonderful family, so this sure burst my bubble, but I always remembered it for some reason.
So, I guess your BF will have to decide for himself how to handle this and how to live with the decision he makes. I learned that day, from that psychologist, that life does not always have a happy ending.
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