Thanks G for getting it, yet again! That kind of email was exactly along the lines I was thinking. I want to put across:

+ Dont give me blow by blow updates of your life. Just send the cheque! ( We are SO not friends after you dumped me pregnant for another woman)
+ By the same token, I am not going to give you blow by blow accounts of bub (unless it is very critical, of course)
+ I need space from you because I do not agree or respect your decision.

I might as well use the occassion to ask him to not send me letters to bub..something along the lines of Babydoll's suggestion: 'I would prefer you not to write to bub until she is able to read the letters herself'.

Sound OK?