I've recently written about the correspondence and impending visit from my old high school boyfriend, who is "happily married" but writes to me. Our correspondence via email has become less and less frequent from him, and I have become less fretful and less needful of hearing from him as a result.
I just wrote to him and told him of this and that, for my own emotional health, I will not see him when he comes here in late Sept. Also , that i do not need to hear from him.
I've relied too heavily on this to fill the void in my life and told him so.
Patty