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DawnNichole's picture

My S/O and I have been together for 2 years. My daughter is 6 years old and her father is my ex husband who hasn't been part of her life at all. My S/O has 4 kids from Hus ex wife..a 14 year old son and 16,17 and 19 year old daughters. As sad as it is to say, ever since we moved in together a year ago and blend our families, it has been nothing but downhill. S/O has involved his kids in almost all of our relationship issues and arguments to the point where I feel resentment towards the kids. And its apparent that they feel e same about me because they have shown it by their disrespect towards me. I have been accused of being unfair and mistreating his kids..they say I am nicer to my daughter and treat her better than I do them. Which i don't feel to be true, even though I have my issues regarding their behavior towards me, I would never mistreat any child. I am not a monster. But of course,no I don't feel comfortable hanging out with teenage kids who I have seen so quickly form and against me. I have had the most problems with the older girls. I have had to deal withnthe 17year old calling me a bitch and moving out to go live with her mom because she was being disrespectful when she was asked to do something and there was a big argument andi told her that her boyfriend couldn't come over until her dad got home and we talked about the issue. Not to mention that S/O had pulled her into arguments and encouraged her to voice any problems she may have with me. At the current moment, I have left home for almost a week now. My daughter and I are staying at my parents because my S/O and I hadna rather big disagreement because of financial reasons and things got pretty heated..in which his 19 year old daughter walked in the door from hanging out with her friends and upon seeing a few household items that where slammed on the ground in a fit of rage, she involved herself to then point of getting physical with me! I had to force her to the ground and rrstrain her because S/O couldn't control her and the I left with my daughter. I love my S/O more than I could ever explain and I here to say it, but I feel like his kids have ruined our relationship. I don't want to lose him because he has been a great father figure for my daughter who absolutely loves him..but I have dealt with a year of teenage kids who have been nothing but disrespectful towards me and inconsiderate of my daughter. They are always cussing, or talking about inappropriate things around my daughter, and even though they have been asked over and over again, they have been inconsiderate of bedtime and noise levels at night time. All of this especially wit the 19 year old who will come in late on a school night being loud and disruptive. My S/O has been fair in addressing those issues but the girls never change their behavior. They know he isnt going to kick them out or anything because he is the type of parent that says he could never do something like that. Our relationship seemed close to perfection before his kids lived with us, what am I supposed to do now that boundaries that can't be overlooked have been crossed like his daughter getting physical with me?

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Justme54's picture

Girls can be the worst. 19 years old and getting physical...I would press charges. She sounds like a mini-wife out of control. With 3 teenage girls, it is not good. 1) Even if your SO puts his foot down, you are looking at a very rough road ahead.

I wish I had more positive things to say. Good LUck and keep us posted.

ctnmom's picture

Get your daughter out of this mess. Your first responsibility is to her, she didn't ask to be born, do right by HER.

Flying.Purple.Step.Monster's picture

Get out of that house! That is not the right environment for your daughter and it's not great for you either! You deserve better. Once you are out and have taken some time to yourself then you can reevaluate the relationship with that man. He needs to man up and parent those b!tches.

DawnNichole's picture

Thank you all for taking the time to read my crazy story Smile and I may seem like a fool but hell, I'm here for advice and opinions so feel free but be nice.. what do I mean by my S/O is a great father figure? I believe that was asked that, well let me explain. For a year, my SO and I and my daughter, just the three of us lived together. All of his kids lived with their mom. When it was just the 3 of us it was almost perfect. We went places, he taught my daughter to ride her bike with no training wheels, he went with me to her doctor appointments, he tucked her in at night and read bedtime stories,he provided for her, he helped raise her..he was her "dad". And of course, his kids would join us from time to time and they would stay a few nights with us and everything was good times. When we moved into a bigger house, his kids came to live with us..the 17 year old daughter and the 14 yr old son..16 yr old daughter lives with mom and at that time the 19 yo daughter lived with her boyfriend. Now the 17 year old moved back in with her mom and the 19yo has moved in to our house BC her and her boyfriend broke up, she's seeing a new guy now, who may I add stays at our house sleeps with her in her room...which isn't something I never said I was OK with and neither did my SO but she feels she is a adult and can do as she pleases. I left a week ago when things got physical..my bed,my daughters bed...basically all of our belongings are all still there.
I guess my point is, everything was great before we let his kids move in with us. My SO is wrong for pulling them into arguments..he hasn't pulled them into anything for awhile now..but now the kids feel like since they were allowed to before that they have the right to involve themselves now whether or not they're told to go to their room or whatever. Besides what happened recently with the physical attack, my SO hasn't only been witness to a few other minute acts of disrespect..dirty dishes, things like that... because I didn't want tin seem like a nag, complaining about his kids all the time..so I don't think he is fully aware of the amount of disrespect I have dealt with from his girls mostly. Would it be wrong to say its me or the kids? I mean is leaving and staying gone the only option? I'm a mess folks.

DawnNichole's picture

In all honesty, since I want honest opinions..the daughter says she was defending her family. I'm not quite sure what she means by that. The argument that my SO was having was a very heated one..no real physical abuse..angry words and gestures...no kids were around, she happened to walk in from being out with friends and walked right in the middle of it and before we knew it, she was shovin the table at me and just being very aggressive. My SO did tell her to stop but she didn't listen or care. But I guess he has the "my kids can do no wrong in my eyes" type mentality and he's buying into her "defending my dad" defense. He has no idea the amount of disrespect I deal from her daily..if not disrespectful she's downright rude. But to keep the peace, I wouldn't say anything to him because I didn't want to seem like I was picking apart his kids.