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Aunt reached out after 5 years...

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LegendaryLord · 23/01/2026 18:17

So my aunt mostly cut contact with my family during covid for a variety of reasons (primarily politics) but one of the last incidents before she stopped talking to us was that I came out to my extended family. My aunt has always been fairly anti-LGBTQ so I've always assumed she cut contact because of me. She still texts my siblings for birthdays and stuff but won't talk to me or my mom. Recently she texted me to congratulate me for something and I said thanks but I don't know if/how to respond further. I want to ask if I was the reason she stopped talking to us because I've spent so long thinking she hated me but I feel like that will be an upsetting conversation for both of us. What should I do?

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Silverbirchleaf · 23/01/2026 18:20

Can you ask one of your siblings to ask her?

BeenThereBackThen · 23/01/2026 19:36

Just ask her why she cut contact and what has changed now to make her reach out.

Don’t suggest you was the reason, see what she says, ask open ended questions.

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