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Am I the bad guy for pretending not to recognize my parents when they tried to reconnect with me?

I was mostly raised by my uncle and aunt. My older sister developed a serious illness when I was six,

and my parents decided that they couldn't care for both of us, I guess. So they kind of just

unceremoniously dumped me at my grandparents and my uncle took me in. Like, they didn't even

explain to me what was going on. Just, you're gonna visit your grand for a while and never picked

me back up. My grandparents and uncle explained it to me later, and they were pretty livid at my

parents. I've seen my parents maybe five times since then, and not at all for the last nine years.

I decided to stop having contact with them when I was 12, and since I was the only one reaching out,

all communication broke down. It turned out okay. I love my aunt and uncle, and it turns out that

they can't have kids. So they've always said that I'm their miracle kid. I was just misrouted by

the store at first. I was formally adopted by them when I turned 18. I wish it had been earlier,

but there was some red tape things that would have made that really expensive and difficult.

I'm 21 now. My sister passed away between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I made a trip back from

school for the funeral. But I stayed in the back, and I left before my biological parents could

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