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Originally Posted by Niamh.

At the end of the day it's "your friends" life and he can't not do things just because other people might be disappointed, he has to make these decisions by himself

My friend would not accept a fake apology off anyone else and my friend doesn't think he should accept a fake apology just because it's a parent giving it but my friend is very aware of how likely it is that his other parent will turn on him if he doesn't accept that apology because no matter how awful things have been, his parents got married for a reason and my friend has come to accept that he will be pushed in front of the bus instead of the marriage because my friend's seen it happen to his older brother already so it's not like my friend is being irrational or paranoid. My friend's choice, ultimately, is to accept a fake apology and for no one to learn a lesson and for everything to be swept under the carpet until the next time it boils up again (my friend would give it less than a year tops); or decline the apology and no longer have parents, essentially. The latter is the easier option even if it's not easy at all but it's obviously not a light decision to take.