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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a filter on my email that forwards  all messages from my mother to my husband's account, then deletes them from mine. He reads them and only lets me know if there's something important going on- like a sick relative. Everything else -- including the ultra-religious "wisdom" she sends me about how to fix my good life and turn it into her miserable one, gets tossed.

My husband doesn't like her but she can't push his buttons because he didn't install them.

I see no point in answering "what a nice vacation" etc. The emails are your mother's method of pushing your buttons and getting you to engage with her about the topics she chooses. It's not a normal conversation between two people and deserves no more response than a cat call or an internet troll. [/quote]

I was going to suggest something like this OP. Your mom is acting like a jerk. You don't deserve this crap, so if your husband, of a friend, is willing to screen comms from your mom, I'd arrange for that.

BTW - does your sister know her life updates are being used like this? I'd be super pissed if I were your sister, and might even threaten to cut mom out off the photo distribution list if she kept it up.[/quote]

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