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[quote=Anonymous]A close relative has become increasingly nasty to me, capped off by an offensive joke told at Thanksgiving about my kid’s religion. I’m loath to cause any drama but I also just feel … done with this relative? I want to just never talk to them again really but not make a big deal about it. I’ll gracefully decline invitations to their house, and ignore them if they are at other’s homes.

Other relatives seem to think it’s on me to try to “understand what they are going through” or make overtures to them to make our relationship better (like tell them they hurt my feelings, etc). But frankly, we didn’t have a strong relationship before all of this, so it’s not like there’s much to repair. And yeah, I feel like I shouldn’t have to be in charge of maintaining this relationship; and I’m also wary of such a conversation going wrong (him blaming me, denying what happened, etc).

I guess at the end of the day I feel like I deal with enough bullsh*t at work and with my exDH trying to hold together relationships with cr*ppy dudes who seem to think they can be jerks with no repercussions - I don’t really have the energy to do this in another context and would rather just let this relationship fade out. [/quote]

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