Happy Friday Steppers!

Not much of a blogger here. Mostly a reader and commenter but I have a doosey of a story to share. One that affirms that I did the right thing by leaving my ex. 

Well, my ex has always had this habit of spinning his 11 year old daughter’s bad behavior to make it seem cute or silly or make her out to be a victim. Cue this story. He brings up how his precious was having “a hard time with her friends” and was “experiencing a difficult emotional time in her life” which was causing her to lash out at him and other around her (see what he did there?). The reason she was having a hard time was because she decided she needed to up the ante in her attention-seeking game and decided to jump on the sexual identity movement. So she decides to come out to her friends as gay, possibly professing her attraction to one of them. And also comes out to her parents. The friends did not rally around her as she thought, and ended up staying away. I’m thinking that she’s finally getting old enough that kids her age can see through her bs. She also has boundary issues and Im guessing she may have crossed the line in some way with the friends  

Before anybody jumps on me saying that a child should be embraced when they come out, I want to let it be known that she later confessioned that she’s not gay and made it up. She basically used the struggles of a marginalized population of society to gain attention. She also has a well documented history of negative attention-seeking behaviors. Crying, claiming she was scared of mundane occurences, waking dad up claiming she was scared but having no reasoning behind it, screaming hysterically over minor injuries, sudden on-set on headaches when the focus isnt on her, lying about other kids picking on her so she can cry on daddy’s shoulder. I could go on and on  

I KNEW at some point the grabs for attention would escalate. Dad could even see through this one and admitted it was for attention and that she has a habit of creating family drama for attention. Yet, he still describes her as “a sweetheart”. Ummm, what? How? What she did is crazy and lacks integrity. She mowed over basic moral principles (honesty, compassion, boundaries) to garner sympathy and attention, based on others’ struggles. That is seriously messed up. She needs help. But, you know, she’s a sweetheart. 

So glad I left.