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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, we stopped having contact with my husband's family completely. It happened almost two years ago.

Same on the emotional/verbal abuse. FIL had always directed it towards MIL and also towards my husband, but when he directed it at me and our kids, my husband was done.

My husband then started therapy and it's been so eye-opening for him to learn that what he endured his whole life is not normal, nor ok. He was never anything like this dad (biggest red flag was when I met FIL for the first time when I was dating my husband and we had a big talk about how I would never let him treat me like his dad treated his mom).

None of us talk to them anymore. Our kids are young-ish and they've asked a few questions and we've answered in an age-appropriate way. Basically telling them that they did nothing wrong but people aren't allowed to abuse you even if they're related to you and what FIL and MIL did wasn't ok.

We're certainly all happier now that they're out of our lives. I'm sure they're not because people must ask them about us but I know from hearing from others that they've spun tales about what happened that aren't true so I guess that's how they're coping.[/quote]

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