I'm having a problem with one of DH's aunts. DH knows about the situation and is totally supportive of me not calling her back. She calls us all. the. time. about stuff like used toys and clothes on Craigslist, ideas of where Ryan should go to preschool, an article she read about some random food causing cancer, etc. It was almost every day, now it's only around once every other week. I don't always answer.
When I was pregnant with Lauren she cornered me on Thanksgiving and told us that she thought we shouldn't 'make' Lauren have open heart surgery. She said she knew a faith healer who used to be a nurse who did open heart surgery (some nurse, eh?) and this person said "open heart isn't the way to go". She also offered to have this woman "fix the Down's in Lauren's face". Yeah, this was about 3 weeks after we got Lauren's diagnosis and found out that she'd need open heart surgery.
I try to avoid talking to this woman if at all possible. That's okay, right? I mean, she isn't even my aunt! I usually defer to DH and he's totally okay with that. If she calls me I usually make DH call her back. I'm just not at all comfortable confronting her about any of this, it really wouldn't go over well and I am about as non-confrontational as they come.
The reason I'm feeling a smidge guilty is because we happened to run into her today while out to breakfast. She called me twice yesterday within 10 minutes and I didn't answer. She was irritated because MIL didn't call her back either. (MIL also gets super irritated with her too often phone calls).
Am I awful for going out of my way to not speak with her? I'm certainly pleasant when we're at family functions!
Re: WWYD in this situation re: family member