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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't cut off, but I've reduced contact by phone (they live several hours away). I've found over the years that calls with my parents never end well-- they're very intense and judgmental and have a lot to say about things they know nothing about--and usually I feel awful after talking with them. My mother has deep anxiety issues she refuses to address (it's everyone else, never her). She can be very unpleasant and hard to have a normal conversation with so I've kept calls to 10-15 mins at a time about once a week. I feel like a lot of valuable time has been wasted allowing myself to be badgered by her and my father about religion and politics or other inane unpleasant topics. Yes, they're my parents, but no, that doesn't necessarily mean I have to subject myself to decades of awfulness 3X or more a week. I had this realization a few years ago after one particular phone call where it dawned on my that I had the power to end the call whenever I needed to.

Keeping myself sane for DH and DC is more important. [/quote]

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