Rtaxron: Here's an example of how I've cut myself off from (one side) of my boring family. (I have to admit that I generally get on with the other side of my family but, apart from Christmas cards, I don't have much contact with them):
I'm a 'campaigning atheist' (i.e. I've been involved in anti-Christian demonstrations, on Sundays, outside churches). I told my cousin, in his own house, that I believe that all Sunday school teachers should be beheaded in front of their class. Given that his wife is a Sunday school teacher (and his daughter is a pupil) he didn't take too kindly to that statement. (And yes,that belief holds true).
Chris