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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]THe house is gone and the deed was in my name. She is a trust fund baby. His exDW got his life insurance and 401K.

When she writes to me, she asks me how I am doing, if I have met anyone, what grade MY son is (she doesn't call him "my brother", she calls him "MY SON"). She puts a lot of stupid emoticons.[/quote]

OP, I think it is important that you recognize that you are resentful toward a person who, at the time when she behaved so badly, was a child - a child whose parents divorced, whose father got sick, remarried, had another child, and then died. You have your own feelings about the whole process, but it does not sound like you have done all that much to acknowledge her perspective. Her father left and then DIED. I would be shocked if she behaved WELL in those circumstances.

I don't know from where you are getting the idea that she does not want a relationship. She has reached out to you multiple times, asking how you are doing, how your son is doing, etc. I don't see why you are so upset about someone who does not have a relationship with your son not calling him her brother - it seems like if she asked how "her brother" was doing, you'd be angry that she's claiming a relationship she didn't earn.

I think that you need to explore why your kneejerk hostility is as strong as it is. When did your husband die? How much time has elapsed?[/quote]

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