My husband and I cut contact with my parents back on October 18, 2024.

We've been mostly happy since, but I find myself debating if we should reopen communication.

The main reasons we cut contact are my parents frequently disrespected and disregarded our parenting choices.

For reference, we have a two-year-old son and another son

due in June. They were hypercritical of us, especially my mother. They treat my sister and her husband,

much better than they treat me and my husband, always have, especially mom. And when we tried to

bring our grievances to them, we were told we were wrong

and told to apologize for even bringing up the past. My mother never apologizes for anything,

and all of this has reminded me of a lot of past hurt. I realize I disagree with many of the things

that my mother did throughout my life.

As we were trying to work things out with them, even trying to set rules for the relationship,

my sister, who should never have known any part of our discussion, but was clearly told by my mother,

blew up at my husband after he sent a text to the family sharing one of your podcasts,

which was misinterpreted as an attack on my parents. My sister and her husband called my husband

terrible names, like that he is evil, and cut contact with us without any prior warning.

My parents responded by chastising my husband and I

for the misinterpreted text,

yet did not address my sister or brother-in-law in any way.

This was the final straw for us choosing to cut contact with them.

We've been pretty happy since,

even our son has been noticeably happier,

but I'm starting to wonder if we should give

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