Dear Anita

Thank you so much for the response. I have blocked her and one of the other friends as well. I pray that I don’t come across my ex and his friends and family in my life anymore. I want to forget those years of my marriage and I know that these don’t define me. If she really meant well for me ( I do give benefit of doubt), the only thing I can do within my capacity is pray for her and her family.

These days other people’s( my ex inlaws and their extended family )validation and approval doesn’t affect me. I trust my conscience. People try to manipulate me by saying that they have issues with my exs family because they took sides with me and supported me. I said to them of lately that in a domestic violence scenario there is no room for taking sides as the perpetrator will abuse for petty reasons and is unreasonable.

It is a way of making me responsible for issues in their relationship. I don’t resort to manipulation and told my ex inlaws and husband’s opinion doesn’t matter as they have reasoning impairment.

Thank you for the acknowledgement and your lovely approval for my suggestion for someone’s post. I will continue to post and respond if it is within my domain of knowledge.

Thank you for being very supportive and I am happy to be part of this forum.