You said it beautifully, Thane
It's obvious he doesn't pay attention to your repeated impassioned pleas for cessation of contact...
The only way to achieve cessation of contact is by your own cessation of contact and response where he is concerned. He will not grant it, you have to choose it.
Brenda
"When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert
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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss
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"Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06
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