the royal wedding of meghan markle and prince harry has been getting a lot of attention lately but the recent reports of meghans dad not attending the wedding and her siblings making their dislike for the lady quite apparent on public platforms has taken it to a whole new level meghans brother wrote to prince harry i am confused why you dont see the real meghan that the whole world now sees meghans attempt to act the part of a princess like a below c average hollywood actress is getting old what kind of person starts out by using her own father until he is bankrupt then forgets about him in mexico leaving him broke over mostly all her debts and when it is time to pay him back she forgets her own father like she never knew himbut aint our families supposed to love us support us and always have our backs family estrangement is an issue that is not spoken about often but is a reality for many indians with data showing that 27 per cent of people have at some point in their lives cut contact with a member of their family prapti sinha name changed moved out of her new delhi house to pursue further studies she was deeply attached to her family and it was tough sailing the first few months she missed her mothers meals but then she learnt fixing up a meal on her own she missed having someone to talk to at odd hours but then she found friends like family calls back home became infrequent and one day the parents stopped complaining too three years later when she returned home she realised how distant she had grown to her family i missed the life i had created for myself and craved to go back mealtime conversations with the family were becoming boring and i was constantly on the phone with my friends i feel guilty saying this but i wasnt comfortable in my own home not only me my parents had changed too i realised they had created their own world in my absence and i had little space therethe quality of family relationships is rapidly deteriorating we love our parents but sometimes there are things and people we come to love more our parents adore us but the freedom that comes with old age when they no more have to worry about settling their kids or earning for their living with enough savings or pension to see them through is more liberating than ever some parents silently fear that their kids want to exploit them for their own needs on condition of anonymity 58yearold sarita mishra name changed shared my daughter moved to a different city after getting married i found solace in my kitty party friends and my life was sailing smooth but then she delivered her first child and she wanted me by her side for my love for her i did go but soon i realised i