My mother maintains a sort of semi-cordial we-swap-Facebook-comments relationship with my father. Since I cut him off, he's tried to play on their relationship to get information from her about me. She occasionally says things like "Your father asked after you. Can I tell him about your new job?" and I say "Please don't, if he wants to know what I'm doing for work, he can look at my LinkedIn". She won't ever stop talking to him, because she doesn't intentionally cut off anyone. She's always ready to see the best in everyone and believe they can become a better person. As long as she respects my boundaries—which she does—then I can live with her being a Pollyanna this way.