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Mymoffett's picture

My insides are a mess!! My fiance texted me and said he and his grown daughter just had it out! Then called me and long story short, his daughter doesn't see anything wrong with leaving me out of family photos on social media. She said it is Fakebook. I should look at how she is when I am around her. I guess I have a really bad taste in my mouth because we have officially been together (living together) for over a year 4 months. In all that time, I have not been asked to be in a picture by her. All the pictures that were circulated did not have me. She would position the camera when taking informal pictures where I was not in it. We have been to many things, but I was always left out. Of course my boyfriend would say, "Come get in picture." However, the ones she and her sister circulated always left me out. She would never like anything that he and I put out either. Therefore, we came off of Facebook.. so her point now is that we are off Facebook.. SHE IS MISSING THE POINT. My insides get in knots when I see the camera come out from one of them because I know I will be excluded. He has said something several times to them and they just keep doing it. I just got engaged two days ago and he said that if we can't get along, we can't get married. Guess who wins. His children. They are nice to my face, but honestly feel like I just take up space when they are around. I have stayed this before. When the youngest got engaged, they asked their dad if they could have a bridal shower. They did but did not invite me at my house. Every function they have or we have, I have not been included in a picture. The youngest did not want me in any reception pictures....not formal wedding pictures, but just informal wedding pictures when she got married. The last straw was at Christmas. I just had had breast reconstruction from all the scar tissue that formed after breast cancer 5 years ago and while under, I told them to go ahead and do a tummy tuck because I knew they were taking fat again for the breast. I'm tiny and it just ends up leaving more loose skin plus my muscles were completely detached from having my son. I didn't feel good...had a drain, fever, and sore. However, qe still had the family over. They all took pictures in front of the tree and my boyfriend asked for me to take a picture. I changed so I looked descent and his daughter took it. She posted all the pictures on Facebook but the one I was in and put Christmas 2020. We came off Favebook shortly afterwards. I go to the birthday parties, the events for her children. Soccer games, church events, family gatherings. My thing is I just want to be a part of the family. Not excluded and treated like I have a disease to the world. It's like as long as no one knows that you were there to the outside world, you are ok. My dad died in 2019 of dementia, my mom is now in  memory care because she has the disease. I am the only child and crave to feel a part. My fiance he asked me four days ago)says he is caught in the middle and he hasn't done anything wrong. He can't make them mad because he is scared that will keep him from seeing his grandchildren. She asked where we were getting married and he asked her before the argument if she and her sister wanted to be a part of it.. They said they would rather just come to the reception because emotionally it would just be too hard and that would be hard enough with their own selfish problems. There words not mine...BTW, I had nothing to do with their parents divorce. Their mother chelated on their dad after 26 years of marriage with several much younger men.. He took her back but she did it again and that was it. I was not in the picture at all at this time.Sorry so long, but my counselor wasn't available today. Any input would be greatly appreciated. 

Rags's picture

Don't do that.

Your DH has confronted the exclusion of you from pictures published by his daughters.

Now, get out of your own head on this.  Your SO has you front and center. You know it, his daughters know it.   His toxic failed family crotcheny (pun intended) really do not mater.  

Enjoy your marriage and the great life that you and your SO are living in spite of his toxic spawn.  Rub their noses in it with your own photo documentary on the great things you and SO are doing.  Pics of trips the two of you take, events with friends, events with family who are not your SD's, etc, etc, etc.....

No need to make it focused on rubbing their noses in the great life that you and their father are living. But .... putting it out there to celebrate your life knowing full well it will drive them nucking futz as an enjoyable side effect.

Living well is the best revenge against a toxic opposition.  Enjoy living that revenge focusing on living well while enjoying the side effect of rubbing their noses in it.  Your SO and his daughters know full well that you were there and excluded from the published pics of those events.  What you post will be of enjoyable events that the SD's were not present for.  You will be the one worming into their heads rather than them worming into yours.

Diablo