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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't need to make a formal announcement. Just stop inviting them to things. Stop initiating contact. You'll probably just see them at whatever big family events. Be polite but that's all. When they say things that are just awful, just leave. I wouldn't cut off contact, I'd just stop initiating it entirely. [/quote] This. But the absolutely critical piece of this is to stop caring what they say and think of you. Go to therapy. When you reach this place where they don't have an emotional hold on you, you will be set free. There will be no need to do anything dramatic or avoid them. You will see them and they will say crappy stuff and you genuinely won't care at all. Or ideally, you and your DH or a close sibling can laugh about the dopey things they say later. The only thing you can control is how you react to them.[/quote]
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