During COVID, one of my in-laws was strongly anti-lockdown and anti vaccine, while I was pro lockdown and pro vaccine.
I made a point of not replying to anything to he posted, and would curtly respond to him when he responded to me.
He kept sending me the trashiest anti-anything messages via DM, but appeared to stop when I asked him to.
2 weeks later, he sent me another. I reminded him he promised to not send me these anymore, to which he responded first apologizing, and then threatening me because my (then fiancee, now wife) was eligible for an early vaccine due to working in the medical field. Basically saying “well, when she’s hurt from the vaccine, and she will get hurt from it, Im coming for you”
Of course, my wife is as much pro-vaccine as I am, and was bragging to friends that she got it early.
I shared the screenshots of the threat around, blocked him. Havnt talked to him since and I think most of the in-laws family have done the same.
Props to you for setting up boundaries and enforcing them. And for cutting them off when they didn’t stop after multiple warnings.
I had to draw the line with some members of my family after they joined some christian cult and started to pressure me to “see the light”. Fortunately for me it was enough to just do that.
During COVID, one of my in-laws was strongly anti-lockdown and anti vaccine, while I was pro lockdown and pro vaccine.
I made a point of not replying to anything to he posted, and would curtly respond to him when he responded to me.
He kept sending me the trashiest anti-anything messages via DM, but appeared to stop when I asked him to.
2 weeks later, he sent me another. I reminded him he promised to not send me these anymore, to which he responded first apologizing, and then threatening me because my (then fiancee, now wife) was eligible for an early vaccine due to working in the medical field. Basically saying “well, when she’s hurt from the vaccine, and she will get hurt from it, Im coming for you”
Of course, my wife is as much pro-vaccine as I am, and was bragging to friends that she got it early.
I shared the screenshots of the threat around, blocked him. Havnt talked to him since and I think most of the in-laws family have done the same.
Props to you for setting up boundaries and enforcing them. And for cutting them off when they didn’t stop after multiple warnings.
I had to draw the line with some members of my family after they joined some christian cult and started to pressure me to “see the light”. Fortunately for me it was enough to just do that.