Sometimes, being honest hurts people...even loved ones...

It’s important to have consistent boundaries and to learn respectful communication skills. If you haven’t had good boundaries for a while then it can take a long time for people to learn the new standards. People learn how to treat us by what we allow. Sometimes certain people can’t handle treating others in a healthy way and you have to put distance there. Fighting with people to treat you better doesn’t work. All you can do is be clear, consistent and adamant.

Honesty is never easy to digest in the dogmatic existential societal norms. None is interested in the causes behind the actions.
So, let there remain pure love for all that blossoms from a safe distance and keeps ALL in so called harmony.

I see I have already responded in different words though the gist is similar.

🤔🤔🤔 No Idea. My family always went with being resentful and bitter. 🤣🤣🤣 No, seriously, we had plenty of confrontations, and some of them were very unhealthy.

Open your mouth when an opinion is asked for.
Peace prevails with comfortable silence.

Unless somebody asks directly, my opinion of them is nobody's business but mine.