So I want to start this off by saying that family is very important but when it becomes a toxic environment where do you draw the line? I am 28 years old I’ve been through divorce I am now in a happy relationship I have one biological daughter from a previous relationship and my boyfriend that I’ve been dating for 9 months has two boys From a previous relationship. Because we both have been married before we wanted to live together first to make sure that the relationship would work not for just us but for all of our kids and we have been doing amazing although it has been under the radar of my mother and father. We are incredibly happy and work together very very well and in fact we just found out that we areExpecting a child of our own in December. My parents despite all of our efforts and attempts have decided not to get to know my boyfriend even though I have invited them out to dinner numerous times. They have no clue that we are expecting, that I live with him or that we plan on getting engaged soon. How do I go about this? They are going to absolutely go nuclear when I talk to them about it. At the same time I have tried to keep them in my life and I’ve tried to allow them to get to know my boyfriend which they didn’t seem to want to so it’s not my fault that all of this is going to come to them in a shock wave. Any suggestions? Has anyone else dealt with anything like this? All I want is to make my own decisions in life and to be happy and not feel guilty for being happy.