Quote Originally Posted by catnapper
Its gotten to the point where I try to avoid communicating with him because he leaves me feeling like a worthless lump of mush.
This is the point I reached a few years ago with my siblings. It just wasn't worth it. I tried and tried, and to no good end except hurt and hard feelings for me. We can't choose our families, and though it hurts, sometimes we have to choose not to let people we simply happen to be related to through an accident of biology to hurt us anymore.