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[quote=Anonymous]For a variety of reasons (most of it being the mental impact his parents had on him and our family), DH decided to break contact from his parents almost two years ago.  He blocked their numbers for calls but still allows texts and emails in case of emergencies.  Recently, his parents have been trying to contact him more including sending various texts and getting other relatives involved to try to re-establish contact.  DH has mostly ignored the texts from his parents; however, last week his aunt sent him a message basically trying to guilt trip him into contacting his parents again.  He was going to respond politely but ignore the part about getting in contact with his parents.  Due to the fact that I have been on travel for work (out of the country) for two weeks straight and DH has to take care of our two young kids, one who is special needs, on top of his full time job, he has not gotten around to responding.  DH gets a nasty text today from his mom saying how his aunt called crying about the fact he hasn't responded and that the aunt doesn't deserve this treatment.  In addition, his mom said she is disappointed in him.  He is normally strong and just ignores these messages but today is his birthday so these messages really got to him.  Is there a way to deal with this?  Should he just continue to ignore or should he try to further break contact?  DH recognizes that since we have not been associating with his parents, he feels his life has gotten so much easier and in his words, less toxic.  However, these messages from his parents are getting excessive and is starting to bother him more.[/quote]

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