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I really need to pray more...

nevathotthizwudhappen7's picture

My husband is wonderful and very loving and is a wonderful father to his daughter. I would do anything for this man, y'know? Who wouldn't lay down the necessary sacrifices for their loved ones/significant other just so they can be happy or won't have to suffer? My husband just doesn't realize how much he's being taken advantage of by his daughter's mother. He got trapped in the first place, and while I believe that NO child is a mistake, he should have been a little more weary of laying down in the rain with someone without a raincoat on, even when she says "it's ok". And now, his eyes are still closed and no matter how much I try to explain things to him, he just doesn't get it. Maybe he doesn't want to? He's so scared of losing his child if he disagrees with the mother about anything. He refuses to stand up to her when she belittles him... I guess I need to pray more or something. Pray that his eyes be opened to the truth and the manipulation that's being produced... I can't stand when people use their children as pawns for their own selfish needs... but it makes it even worse when the man I love can't stand up for himself. Tonight is the last time I'm gonna try and discuss the matter with him. Show a bit of tough love and tell it to him straight. Cause if things are going like they are... we won't be able to have a family with kids of our own... God help me.

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blending2012's picture

I would gently suggest saving your breath (and effort) trying to point the dynamic out to your DH again. Just last weekend, I tried to do this (again) with my DH... I pointed out to him that my ex and I SHARE drop-offs/pick-ups and that he doesn't have to jump every time BM demands it. He said the usual bullshit we've ALL heard too many times to count: "I'm not doing this for her, I do it for my kids", "It's not inconveniencing me" blah, blah, blah.

Fact is: he WON'T stand up for himself when it comes to her. He just WON'T. He can stand up to me just fine, but as you pointed out - he fears that if he stands up to her he will lose the kids.

So if you know it WON'T change, what can you do to make the situation more tolerable for yourself? For me, it means pulling away from my husband. He can't have two wives - he is still treating his first wife like they are still married by doing whatever she asks of him. So I am doing my own thing. Want to still act like she's the wife? Fine - I'm not going to fight about it anymore. But I'm certainly not going to sleep with you, or go out to eat with you. I've got a toy for the former and friends for the latter.