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I want to scream too...is it stephood hell week or what?

overit2's picture

Good god...the heavens don't want me to vent-I've written a book twice and it got deleted-i'm trying to text bf back with something nasty and my phone messes up. I'm so frustrated!!!

I wish the damn stepdemon didn't exist. I don't know that I can continue this relationship honestly because of her. I'm tired of him not standing up for himself when he says SD decided she wanted to be with him two weeks...and possibly two more weeks in July. So wait, you let a f'in 10yr old decide FOR you, and BM and your parents call all the shots....when you know 50pct of that time will be spent here in MY home-eating my food-my hospitality-my tv, my sons space and sanity-so in essence they ARE dictating MY life also-because you/her want to come over here....so if I say no I'm not being a team player in the relationship right?? I get NO say on the dates but the responsibility? and my kids getting bullied intermittently? What tells me this would be any different if we did live together...all of a sudden he's going to build a backbone and fight back? He doesn't do it now-..THEN he tells me yesterday he has her this wknd which is supposed to be our kids free wknd. I don't know WHO decided or how- I bitched at him that those days are crucial for our relationship right now. He hinted that w/the boys gone she's not hard to deal with at all-I said it's my kids free wknd...he was hinting about the two of them chilling w/me part of the wknd and then we could try and go out the two of us Sat evening. YEAH HELL NO....YOUR wknd that YOU allowed to be swapped w/out asking me but you want to make it MY responsibility also? Don't I have enough?? Don't I deserve free time w/out a kid asking for something all the time, wanting attention, being in my space/face?

I do more time/responsibility then the damn three of them combined-him, his ex, my ex....yet I'm the doormat to get shit on because plans are made that I have no say so? I really really think I should just do my own thing all wknd and let him see and his parents what it means when they can't count on me or my home to keep SD entertained.

I kept them away Mon/Tue-last night we THOUGHT it went well-but my son tells me this am that at one point at neighbors trampoline SD kicked him in the legs over and over and wouldn't stop when he told her to. Yet she acted all innocent and "I defended him from this other kid"..now my son is intimidated to speak up in front of her because she always denies and lies about it-she ACTS sweet and does things out of sight of us. I swear I want to beat her myself....I sent him a text about it this am...and I'm sitting on my hand from sending a nastier response to his "that sucks I'll talk to her" yeah like that's worked SO well in the past-I'm so close!!! I can't have my kids bullied in their own home. I may have no choice then to go back to not allowing her over again. It may mean we can't continue together but this is bullshit.

You know when you have the urgency to scream and get things off your chest and somehow you're tongue tied? Yeah...like that.

So I texted and sitting on send this: Talk 2 her, thats worked great I'm sure she'll stop. You agreed to this wknd so you handle it leave me out of it, i will not be a doormat.

Is this crossing a line, is this me fed up? Do I hit send? I'm so mad right now at BOTH of them and his parents and BM.

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ubrngoutdbitchnme's picture

I think his daughter deserves a few swaps accross the booty. I don't know how you kept your cool when your son told you she was kicking him. That is bullshit! I'm kicking her back for you.....and your BF just said "that sucks" okay......I wonder if the tables were turned and you replied with a "that sucks I'll talk to him" text how he would feel about that.

Hopingforthebest's picture

UGH I would be extremely frustrated if I were you, and would ask him do you think that we should try something in addition to talking to her..like loss of a priviledge.. hitting your son is unacceptable!
I would take my kids elsewhere this weekend...so sorry your having to deal with this.

overit2's picture

Oh...I didn't...I was seething mad this am when my son told me. I was ready to call him right then. Well-I hit send...I added

"Talk 2 her, thats worked great I'm sure she'll stop. You agreed to this wknd so you guys handle it leave me out of it. I love you but i will not be a doormat. How would you feel if your kid was bullied? "

And THEN it's going to boil down to what he's said would happen-that because of his D we wouldn't be able to move forward and ketp saying he'd do me a favor by letting me go that I deserved more...and I held on because I loved him and want us to work-my kids love him and all is great with just us. I don't know-I wish he would do the paternity test and just walk away-yes she'd be hurt but damn there's no fixing this screwup BM created ahd him and his parent allow.

If I don't take a stand for myself now I never will-I will always be bitter and angry and resentful and again and again they will do what they want w/the schedule-I DO have the upper hand now that I have MY place so I have to put my foot down or else become that doormat being overlooked and overly stressed. Let him and his parents who agree to all this bullshit take it on fulltime when they let bm and sd dictate their lives-it's not MY problem or kid.

overit2's picture

Hoping-my kids are w/their dad this wknd-once we're off schedule for one of bm's swaps we're off for months it seems never getting a break together.

I can go out Friday night w/my girlfriend. Sat she asked me to go to her pool...but I told my sil and brother i'd come watch the baby a couple hrs so they can go out a bit during the day. I guess I'll just do my own thing Sat evening. If he wants to meet me and go out with me Sat night and leave spawn w/his parents great-but NOT my house.

hismineandours's picture

It is sooo hard when you have your own kids that are being bullied, threatened, endangerd, influenced negatively because of a skid. I am in the same boat as you are. I tried to explain some to my dh last week-about how tortorous ss's visits are because I am on hyperalert 24/7. Constantly monitoring him to make sure he doesnt bully the other kids-physically for sure -but also emotionally/verbally. Then I begin questioning myself-when does normal kid talk cross the line into emotional abuse? Who knows? Dh doesnt see the seriousness of ss's actions so he doesnt really bother to monitor the kid at all-so it all falls to me. My ds wont even tell me what is going on because he feels his dad always take's ss's side so he just doesnt bother to say anything. Last visit we are coming off of-my dd did tell several things and she got reprimanded and mocked by dh. My other dd didnt tell anything, but got reprimanded when ss was bothering her/insulting her and her friend was trying to take up for her and dd told friend jsut to ignore ss. At least your man acknowledges that his kid's behavior sux. I guess that's the first step.

overit2's picture

YEs...being on hyperalert...that's SO a part of it-AND YES SD needs to be taken out of the scheduling-BM does the same thing-puts SD on the phone w/his parents normally. A 10yr old dose not need to "decide" when she's visiting, nor should his parents. HE should. It's HIS time to take or not, not bm's to enforce, or his parents or sd or anyone.

And YES his decisions affect me and my family and home because they eventually end up here. And of course I want to see and spend time with the man I love...but I just can't do it anymore. I know he gets upset that his parents override his decisions-and he feels like a doormat also-but I wonder if he even realizes that I feel this way too when they pull stunts-and I don't have any loyalty or bonds with her. If it makes HIM upset, wouldn't it be even worse on me?

At least he does recognize her rotten behavior-yes...but recognizing and doing anything-or having the ability to do anything about it are two different things.

overit2's picture

Well damn it-now I feel guilty for having sent the texts in the tone I did...I know I shouldn't and standing up for yourself may feel uncomfortable but is necessary-I can't help but feel my comments will come back to bite me. So far no response to my last text Sad

I realize it sounded attacking most likely and i know he's as frustrated as I am....but normally I gloss over my feelings just to try and encourage him from getting so upset-i just couldnt' do it anymore.

alwaysanxious's picture

That's just normal. You aren't used to standing up for yourself so strongly. It will go away. I would get that all the time and practically apologize for standing up for myself later. No more!

If I said it, I stand by it because it was that important to say it the way I said it in the moment. What you said sounded reasonable to me.

oneoffour's picture

I would suggest bcking off the co-mingling of the kids until this girl learns your place is off limits to bullies.

I would NEVER allow any of my kids to become the physical or verbal punching bags for ANY mans brats/children. No man is worth that. And if you have a difference in parenting and what is allowable and acceptable now, what happens in the future?

If my sons have been repeatedly kicked by some girl they would have walked away or kicked her back. And at this stage I would tell the child and parent "Well, you shouldn't kick ANYONE. So don't do it again and you won't get kicked." And just walk away.

NO ONE takes on my kids for kicks. There are 4 of them and although right now they are all over the world, that world gets very small when you take on ANY of them.

Give your sons permission to defend themselves. Also declare your house a kid free zone unless INVITED by you. He cannot just 'hang out' with his brattina at your home without invitation.

So he pulls the pity party passive agressive card out of his arse. "Well you will probably be better off with someone else blah blah blah... " And the answer to this little gem is... wait for it....
"Probably. The thing is do you want me or not? Because these are my ground rules."