Emancipation from family as an adult

[FuschiaEmerald]

Has anyone here ever cut off a close family member? What were the reasons and how did you manage situations where they still wanted to be in your/your children's lives?

I have moved away my DD from my home country and my husband family as I think that they are rather toxic. My DH understood and stood by me.
Although life has not been easy and I have lost my career, I feel she is better off. I have cut out ties with one of my DH brothers as he is abusive, mad ( bipolar) and has frequently attacked my DD ( verbally not physically, that he did to my DH).
I just wanted her to be far away, and I succeeded.
At a price.

Left my dad behind. He's simply not a nice an, although he thinks I am. Despite the fact he seemed to want to blame me for everything that went wrong in our relationship, he now says it's 'a shame I'm so set in my ways', when he hears from my brother that I'm still not interested in sorting things out with him.

Life has been infinitely better on such a deep level since I realised I can just ignore him.