BM came in my home
Now I have read many posts on this website where a BM has entered her ex's home knowing all to well that she is not invited and I thought, "wow, I don't know what I would do or say if that ever happened to me." Well now I know exactly how I would react in that situation.
It happened on New Years Eve. I knew BM was coming over to pick the kids up at 10 am so I conveniently took a shower around 9:30 knowing that I would still be in the bathroom and I wouldn't have to see her.
A couple of hours later I was in FSD's room cleaning it and FDH walks in. I asked him how everything went down when BM had shown up and he said it was fine. And then for some reason, I don't know why, I asked him if she was in the house. He told me that she did come in the house when FSD invited her to see her new bedroom. (I spent the entire week before Christmas Eve giving FSD a bedroom make over for her b-day, coming home from working all day and painting walls amongst other things.)
Lets just say that FDH got his a$$ reemed for that. I guess he was preoccupied with FSS(4), trying to get his shoes on and get both the kids out of the door. Infact he wasn't even in the same area of the house that BM was in but he still heard FSD(7) ask her mom that question.
Now I know for a fact that BM knows better. Had I been standing there in the entry way instead of in the shower she wouldn't have even dared to take one step into the house.
So I got to send BM an email in regards to her behavior and believe me when I tell you that it felt so good. Here's what I told her:
Good Afternoon BM,
It has recently come to my attention that you were in the house in FSD’s room. I am not okay with this due to a majority of your previous actions such as the relentless pursuit of FDH while knowing that he is in a committed relationship, with the intent of breaking us up. I have seen the texts from both parties and I know that FDH told you numerous times that he was not interested and yet you continued. The unwanted interaction with my daughter, as witnessed by the neighbor girl, after you were told by FDH that I was uncomfortable with it, was extremely inappropriate. I also find it unforgivable that you would call CPS on FDH and file false child abuse allegations and then turn around and blame your actions on me by sending an email stating that FDH could not be trusted anymore because of the other influence in his life. This is something that you did only eight months ago. These are just a few key incidents in a long list of issues that have brought me to this point.
I understand that you seem to think that this is all water under the bridge and that all parties involved should just forgive and forget for the kids, but unfortunately when you do these things to people it just doesn’t work that way. I do think that we all need to be civil to each other for the kid’s sake but nothing more than that. You should have known that it was highly unacceptable for you to be in FSD’s room or anywhere in the house for that matter unless you are invited in by either FDH or myself. Being invited into the entry way is not an open invitation into the rest of our home regardless of what FSD says. Due to your inability to understand what a boundary is and when you are crossing one, I would appreciate it if you no longer entered our home. Both FDH and I will try to ensure that you never need to come over to our house to pick up or drop the kids off either by having a mutual drop off point or taking them over to your house. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Unhappy
Nothing to me. She attacked
Nothing to me. She attacked FDH.
Through the divorse decree FDH can claim the kids throughout the year but BM gets to claim both of them on her taxes which doesn't make any sence becuase if FDH claims them throughout the year he ends up owing at the end of it. She sent FDH an email about a week ago stating that FDH can claim one of the kids.
So the email she sent FDH stated that she is cancelling her previoius okay that FDH can claim one of the kids, that she wants to change the divorse decree, and as for pick ups and drop offs she will continue to drop FSD off at school and FSS off at daycare at the beggining of the FDH's weeks and that she has been advised that FDH needs to continue to drive over to her house and drop the kids off with her at the beggining of her week.
The drop off thing is complete crap. FDH doesn't want to see her. There is nothing in the divorse decree about how the kids are supposed to be exchanged so FDH is planning on doing the same thing that she does at the beggining of his week. As for being advised. By who? It was New Years day. Most people including lawyers have the day off. She's such an idiot. It's just another way for her to try and control FDH. As far as the tax thing FDH isn't even sweating it. He's tiered of her power plays and for the divorse decree being changed, we'll just see about that.
All she was trying to do, because there is no way that she could respond to the email I sent and sound saine was try to cause crap between FDH and I. What she doesn't know is that it had the opposite effect. The last thing that she had that she could hold over his head was the tax thing. She's played her final hand in the domination of FDH. She's got nothing else and it's great. Finally free from her. We also have eleminated contact with her unless it's an emergency. Everything else child related goes via email.
Did she reply?
Did she reply?
Not to me. She attached FDH
Not to me. She attached FDH by sending an email. What could she say to me? Nothing that wasn't going to make her sound like the nut job that she already is and she knew it that's why she never responded to my email. On what planet is it okay to enter some ones home when you haven't been invited in? I know it's not okay on this planet.
You will be so mad at me for
You will be so mad at me for saying this- it sounds like the BM still has your DH by the balls. She probably knew good and well that HE wouldn't be that upset about her coming in at all (it doesn't sound like he was) but she knew that YOU would be upset, but since you weren't there and your dh was- she just walked right in.
Your DH needs to stand behind you ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. He needs to be as mad as you are when that beast comes into your home. He just doesn't need to let it slide. It should have been up to your husband to write that letter, not you. It only makes you look like you're the only one fighting this here and your DH just stands back meek and lets HER win.
He needs to write his own letter to her... something like...
"hello, I know that SD wanted you to see her room, but I do not feel comfortable with you being in mine and my wifes home, please do not enter our home again"
BM doesnt even know where we
BM doesnt even know where we live and i intend to keep it that way for a long time. I would never set foot in her house mainly because i would be scared to the place is a death trap, But I am always invited into her parents house and have a conversation with them when i pick ss up. I'm sure it pisses her off that her family actually likes me.
when i do finally decide to
when i do finally decide to let her know that we live about 10 min away from her instead of the hour that the CO states i might invite her in just so i can rub it in her face that I provide a better home for her son and my daughter that she can or ever will. and of course i will do this with a big sweet smile on my face, but I am evil like that }:)
I think that I had every
I think that I had every right to tell her not to enter my home. First, it's my home and she is not welcome. FDH didn't want her in the house either he just hates drama. Secondly, you have no idea of the crazy crap this lady has pulled. Just read my previous posts about her.
Regardless of whether or not you agree with this, it's my battle too. When she chose to approach my daughter, 5 at the time, after I dropped her off at school on the playground when she was already told that was not acceptable I had every right to say something. I let FDH handle it. When she stalked FDH, sitting outside the house at 3 am amongst many many other things, for the first year that I was with him and thought that they were in some sort of a secret relationship, I had every right to confront her about it but I let FDH handle it. When she blamed her CPS bs on me I had every right to say something but I let FDH handle it.
After all of that I let FDH handle it. When she entered my home uninvited it was the final straw. I could really care less if she amps up the crazy. She's not allowed to call or text unless it's an emergency. FDH lets all calls go to voicemail first just to make sure it's an actual emergency. I am not going to just sit back and let this lady do what ever when ever she wants. She came onto my territory without my knowledge which makes it not only FDH's issue but mine as well.
Let me ask you guys a question. Say your FDH has en ex girlfriend that is stalking him. Would you probably confront the girl if given the chance? I would assume yes. How is that any different?
I have gotten to a place in my life where I don't need to take crap from anybody. She crossed the line and I put her back on the other side of it where she belongs end of story. She doesn't have to like it but she has to abide by it.
I know what you're syaing and
I know what you're syaing and that sounds great in theory but you have no idea what type of person she is.
If FDH confronts her about anything, and believe me he has, she just finds a way to wiggle her way out of it. Like when he confronted her about the stalking. She told him that he lead her on which isn't true because I was there through it all.
FDH didn't know that she was in the house until he went back to FSD's room and found her there and she left right after that. I was in the shower trying to avoid her crazy ass which apparently was not the best idea.
If someone enters your home without your permission you have every right to say something to them. Especailly when they know they are not supposed to do it. Had I been there I would have said something but I wasn't. That doesn't mean that I can't say something to her the following day.
I think that the email coming from me has more of an impact then if FDH sent it. She was very controlling and very verbally and emotionally abusive towards FDH in their marriage. She has absolutly no respect for him and doesn't take anything he says to her seriously. When FDH sent her the email explaining that she is no longer allowed to call anymore unless it's an emergency she responded with and email stating that's humerous. She still thinks that she has some kind of control over him and blows off anything that he says.
After I sent that email she didn't respond with a that's humerous. Infact she didn't respond at all. She's not used to having people stand up to her. What did she do? Attacked FDH. Why? Because she thinks that she can still treat him like crap and get away with it. But what she doesn't understand is that she has no more power over him. He doesn't care anymore. The only thing that he wants her to do is leave him alone and we're finally getting to that point. And here's what I love the most, she can't force people to interact with her. Sure she is the mother of his kids. But that's it and she's having a really hard time coming to grips with this fact. For example if you read my post she still wants FDH to drop the kids off at her house. He doesn't want to but that's what she wants. Is he going to it no. Is it going to piss her off that she's not getting her way? Oh hell yes. Will she try to pull another power play on FDH? Yes. Why? Because she wants to have control over him. Is it going to work? No. Eventually she'll stop playing the power game because games are only fun when people play them with you.
I can HARDLY wait. SS17 will
I can HARDLY wait. SS17 will be 18 in less than a year. SD18 is PASed out already.
What I am looking forward to (as much as the discontinuation of CS) is NOT HAVING TO LET PB KNOW OUR ADDY OR PHONE NUMBER!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!
I am lucky though. For some reason that eludes me, PB is scared of me. And little does she know how much I COULD kick her a$$ if necessary! She may be bigger but I am faster and smarter.
I completely understand what
I completely understand what you are saying Tog. But she has already bullied me for almost two years. FDH has confronted her and she just blows him off. What you need to understand is that I'm not the type of person that just sits there and bites my tounge but that's what I have had to do. She came into the house not because she's not affarid of me but because she thought she could get away with it and nobody would say anything about it. Had FDH said anything to her she would have just blown him off. Believe me when I tell you, she was not expecting to here from me. And I know she knew FDH was behind me because I sent the email to her from FDH's email. She already has my phone number I'll be damned if she gets my email.
Another thing is that I finally got a chance to confront her on some of the crap that she has pulled. FDH has already done this but I think that it was important to myself to be able to stand up to somebody who has treated me sub-human for all this time. I am a pretty easy going person who gets along with most people but I will not tolerate blatent disrepect which is what I have had to do since I have been with FDH. I know that eveybody is going to blame this on him and maybe it is a little bit of his fault. But anther thing is that you can't control people. You can ask them to do something and they can either listen or not. She's crazy. She chooses not to listen and do what she wants it's her MO.
Regardless of whether or not it would have been better for FDH to handle the situation I feel good about it. It's like being in an abusive relationship and allowing somebody to sh!t on you and then finally standing up for yourself. It's liberating and now she knows a little bit of who I am. I am not a coward who hides while she plays her evil games. I am right there with FDH. We are a united front.