Reply #16: Here's what I did with my right wing mother in '04.

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I called her on the phone & asked for a cease & desist on all stuff political. She agreed. The next week she bombed my email box with the most inane & hateful, bullshit crap you can imagine. At the time I had dialup & I was PISSED! So, without telling her, I created a rule in Outlook to send anything from her address to the trash.

About six weeks later I got a phone call from my mom. (She never called me!) She said, "So are you just going to leave me hanging on that invitation?" "What invitation?" I asked, genuinely perplexed. "The one I sent you!" I immediately started mentally going through my emails, when suddenly I remembered what I had done. Without thinking, I laughed out loud. She asked me what I was laughing about, so I told her what I had done. She was indignant, saying, "What if I had really needed you?" I reminded her that my rule to all of my family & friends is, call my land line if it's an emergency. Which is eventually what she did. It wasn't an emergency, but she ended up calling me, like she knew to do if she wanted an immediate response.

Good luck with your sis. It's really hard when you have right wing family members. :hug: