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Jjs868's picture

Hey I'm new here and just need to vent. Let's start at the beginning. Met my husband and his daughter in 2015, my we were close and I even bought her several books to help her in school because I can tell she wasn't at the level she is suppose to be. Her mom and I never spoke (she lives up the street) and I never disrespected her. I even told my husband don't speak badly about the mother in front of the child. Fast forward to 2017 when we actually got married all of a sudden this child (ashley) gets disrespectful, 2 days after we get married we were planning to carry her out for her birthday her mom said "ashley will only go if it's us as a family, your wife can't come" my husband responded "well she goes nowhere" she let her come. My husband can't stand his child mother. Because she encourages alot of nonsense. Ashley does really bad in school only brings home 'R' - remedial. Her mom wants her to do gymnastics but wants my husband to pay for it. I told him it's like you rewarding her for her bad behavior if she wants her to do gymnastics she could pay for it, he paid for her to do a camp cause her mother was behind him when the camp finished we asked what she learned she replied "I learned about the planets" I said ok name them.  She name 3 planets but earth wasn't even 1. She also said she could run. So my husband said "I paid money for you to play then" for Christmas 2018 he didn't give her anything because she got another R her mom bought her a cellphone, no books nothing just a cellphone.  She also has another child (by another man) and my husband gives his daughter money everyday for school she called my husband and told him he has to give her other child money as well because she feels left out. 

 

I know my post is all over the place but those are just little highlights of what I have to deal with. I ain't even start on the in laws yet. 

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CLove's picture

Vent away, we are here. Read the boards, you will find it all vrey famililar. Im a burned out 5 year stepmom. I have a high-conflict disrespectful Bio mother, Toxic Troll, and a very high conflict disrespectful Stepdaughter (oldest) SD20, as well as a younger Stepdaughter SD13.

Together 5 years, married almost 1. It hasnt gotten easir, just more drama and more predictabiity.

Husband definitely does not need to pay for child that is not his (obvios right) and BM is just trying to control your husband (it seems like it is always about control..)

Look forward to more posts!

24 years as a SM's picture

Welcome to the crazy world of step parenting, it's been advised many times not to use any names. If you have a crazy BM(birth mom) she can search the internet and find your blogs. Sometimes this can backfire on you and cause a lot of problems. As CLove said read through this site and you will find that you are not alone.

 

ProbablyAlreadyInsane's picture

Please oh please tell me that your Dh didn't give the other kid money! LIfe isn't fair! Other kid has a different dad that can give her money!!!

That sounds fully like control. Also as for the change of behavior after marriage... She was probably fed something by the controlling BM... You seemed temporary to her, then you got married, it's now a more permenant spot... WHich sometimes causes either BM or the kid to flip out for some reason.

Welcome to Steptalk!

Jjs868's picture

He gave her money and a snack that morning I got upset and told him "so she running this house now?" He replied "is just a child" I said "that's how it starts, she ain't yours she has a dad and ur BM has a boyfriend " he told me to take control. The thing with my DH he's a yes man. So she made sure that her other child came with his daughter so he would see her face. But this child is disrespectful to my DH calling him by his first name loudly etc

 Since then she hasn't sent her other daughter and I have only given my SD money. It may seem harsh but she works as well and doesn't give any child anything

ProbablyAlreadyInsane's picture

"just a child" is a dumb excuse. He has as much connection to that kid as a random schoolmate of SD.  There is ZERO reason for him to be giving her anything. He needs to worry about his own and let the other kid's parents handle her. Plain and simple.  I know it's hard to tell a kid no to their face. But very simply saying "go ask your parents kiddo." Is an easy way to deflect that.

You're right, it starts there, but if some higher conflict BMs get an inch they try and take the next 6 miles.

That's not harsh. it's her and her BF's kid. So it's their responsibility to be sure she's cared for. BM is using your DH as a money grab.

Jjs868's picture

We live in the house behind his parents. Every evening after school my SD comes home but stays with his parents because our house has rules and she can't get her way here. But with the grandparents she rules/controls them. She also lies alot my husband didn't believe me until I taped her. I use to give her lessons but she has this trick where she scratchs,drops pencil , only wants to use bathroom etc to drag out the time so 2 hrs would pass and she would only have done 2 maths sums because she's always saying she doesn't understand and have me explaining over and over and she doesn't even attempt. (She expects me to just get tired and give her the answer) she is not dumb but she is lazy. Because when my DH tutors her she does everything immediately  because he threatens to beat her with a belt. (he doesn't hit her but just seeing the belt wakes her up) it's sad because I want her to succeed but she is keeping herself back. She has moved up in class but only because the teachers gives her wrong work correct (eg 2×2=5 they would put it correct because they want her to get a D instead of another R so she can come out of their class), they send hone her test papers and I go through it all and see clearly alot of wrong answers right, last time she got another R and the grandmother went for the report but lied and said the teacher said she got a D but put an  R (because she knew husband would be upset)after checking the results I said no she got an R also in a previous report the teacher used white off to correct a mistake so she would of used that again. The grandmother did this lie and it just basically hurt my SD everyone babies her (she's 10 now) my husband and i had to sit in her class for 3 hours and the principal came 3 times to say "now this is how I like to see ashley" my husband was embrassed. 

 

Also when school closes we buy everything from ribbon to shoe and she gets everything early but she wouldnt even attempt to do any work/revision over the holidays. And when she comes to the grandparents her mom wouldnt send her with any books. The inlaws don't like me so ashley uses that to get them on her side and now that she is disrespectful to them as well they try to push her off on me and tell me I need to talk to her and give her school work, I told them when I was doing that yall came and basically told her not to listen to me. My DH and I are all about education (nevermind my errors here ) so when we do have children he already says now people will see who was the problem. 

Harry's picture

It’s a DH problem.  He is not parenting his kid and listening to BM.  That a major problem.  Only to get worst as the kids get older 

Jjs868's picture

Not really because before I came in the picture he was prepared to carry her to court for full custody but his parents talked him out of it, and when he disciplines her she runs to her grandparents and they get upset with DH and basically want to fight him (have seen this for myself) so he has tried but everyone bm and grandparents on both side always butt in

CLove's picture

Very sad, how the parents who TRY to parent arent allowed to and then the chidlren suffer. If you read these boards you will soon see the end results that can happen when a Step child is allowed to run amok. They do not flourish without structure and rules, and you KNOW this, but something that was taught to me here that stands out to this day is "You absolutely cannot care more than the parents do". If childs parents do not have concerns for her educational development, YOU cannot be the only person caring. If grandparents want to be that way, you cannot care more than they do. It will come back to bite them, sure, but thats not you fault or concern.

YOU CANT CARE MORE THAN THE PARENTS. SHE ALREADY HAS 2 AND YOU ARE NOT THEM.

Biggrin

Jjs868's picture

You are correct. All I do now is basically feed her. If I see she is going wrong I talk to her. But I don't do what I use to do. I use to do everything till I realised her mom does absolutely nothing. She would comb the other child hair but not my SD. (To the point where ras was forming) my DH would give her money and sometimes she would want extra but when the child comes by us she is hungry. Her mom never would cook or feed her we don't know what she did with the money. Now we buy the groceries and now my SD tells me her mom is to busy to cook for her

Jjs868's picture

The bm wanted him to carry them out without me. But he said he would carry out his daughter with his wife. She didn't like that.  Mind you him, I and SD always go out but as soon as we get married it's a problem 

shamds's picture

yup when you are married or moved on and in a serious long-term relationship, imaginary happy family ends. Thats bio mum and bio dad and their kids... 

but these hcgubm claim they’re doing it for the kids. If the kids were first, parents wouldn’t have divorced because of the bio parents stupidity and narcissm. They’ve driven their spouse to divorce

Jjs868's picture

It's sad because ashley and I were close and now she is disrespectful etc I'll put this in another blog because the inlaws have a part to play in this as well