Wwyd? Can’t block the post?

[Blaaaaaaaaah]

So for background my mother is a sociopath. She has a long history of screwing people over, usually for money but often just because she disagrees with things.
About 3mths ago (after the last straw) we decided to not have anything to do with her. I blocked her on my phone after a few abusive messages (none of which I replied to).
Anyway, now she’s started sending things for the children through the post. There’s no note or letter but I know the handwriting. It caught me by surprise the first time and I gave it to the one that received something (which obviously caused some confusion with the others.)
Every time it dregs it all back up, and I’d only just started to feel settled.
So, how do I get the random post to stop?
I just want her out of our lives, the kids can choose once they’re adults if they want to get back in touch.

[quote Almostmenopausal]@Blaaaaaaaaah What do you mean by "gave it to the one that received something" sorry but that bit has totally lost me [/quote]
I don't know where the OP is but I assumed she meant they singled out one child to send a piece of post to, OP handed the piece of post to that child without realising who it was from...

@twopennerth no worries! It was late and i just wasn’t sure if I’d missed something :)

I’m really sorry you had to go to such lengths. I think it’s so important you shared, so the OP and others know that they do have some options, even if limited ones. How shit though to have to use them

The only way you can stop it is by moving house.

[quote Blaaaaaaaaah]@Theunamedcat Would that not be giving a reaction?
@TotallySuper I just can’t work out which is likely to make it stop sooner, no response or returning everything?[/quote]
No response. If you return it then it'll be like a red rag to a bull and encourage her. Just ignore.

Restraining Order against her? Any contact by her to you or your children would be a breach of the Order.

Thank you so much everyone I’ll just ignore from now on but will take photos. I Still have copies of the messages and things.

And yes she sent a parcel for one of my four children 🙄

You can set up a service where all your post is held at the local delivery office rather than posted through your door - maybe you could do this and sort through it there and bin it straight away?

Or you could unblock, send her a text saying you shred/bin all letters parcels so she is only wasting her own money and time, then re-block.

Ok so I’ve just received another two, only this time I gave them back to the postman and just said wrong address 🤷🏻‍♀️ No idea if that’s the right thing to do but at least I don’t have to look at them or get rid of them

@ClaudiaJ1 This whole thing will be for show and giving any sort of response will just make things worse.
It’ll be a ‘see what she’s done now’ whereas I’ve replied to nothing so nothing can ever be used against me, in theory 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think I'd bin everything. So sorry you are going through this OP xx

This is harrassment. You could consider reporting it to the police.

@Blaaaaaaaaah

Thank you so much everyone I’ll just ignore from now on but will take photos. I Still have copies of the messages and things.

And yes she sent a parcel for one of my four children 🙄

Yes, definitely keep photos.

And yes we had the differentiated bullshit, too. For. e.g. a packet of hairclips when the youngest turned 7 and 6 week later £60 pounds in a card for the 9 year old.

It's all part of the nonsense.