Hi, MustangGal: Firstly, your reaction is not unreasonable at all. It takes a hard heart not to feel the same way as you do especially if the conduct which hurt comes from one you love. I believe that in all relationships, when it gets too taxing, hurtful and the whole affair becomes too exhausting to balance, one could be allowed to dust one's sandals and disassociate, not for long, but for a short while, for a breath of fresh air. Sometimes, one might just have to if only to save oneself from further hurt. Your attempts at communication seems to fail to resolve anything and instead, causes you further pain. "Save your breath to cool your porridge" might be apt for when the other party has failed to listen. Can you, for the moment, love from a distance? Is there anyone else in the immediate family you are more closer to and wherefrom you can still connect?