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My name is Scapegoat, given to me by myself, not my mother.... I'm starting this a little late in the game, but in finding this, I feel like I finally found a place to vent & tell my story. So, I'm going to try to start from the beginning, it's long, so bare with me!! I met my BF, which I will refer to as my FH, even though we aren't engaged or anything yet, but we plan to soon! I am in my early 40's, FH is just a few years behind me. He has 3 children, 2 girls & 1 boy, ages 7, 9 & 11. I will refer to them as SD & SS's just to make it all easier.

I'm glad I found a place to vent, get advise & hopefully gain some much needed info on getting through this life with BM, whom I like to refer to as Sybil! I feel as though my friends are sick of me talking about my sitch with BM & I don't even want to share most of the craziness with my family!!!

When I met my FH, he had been divorced for 3....THREE years! BM was living in the same small town & they were sharing the raising of the kids. I say that, but I think he's the only one who raised them! She has, what we think is Borderline Personality Disorder. She is pretty far out there. She is also very Narcissistic. did I even spell that right?? FH was single when I met him, lived in a rental & she had him moving in & out of her & the skids lives constantly. She would call him anytime of the day or night, text him, drive by his house, go to his work..... She was harassing him constantly, relentlessly... He had went through this for like 10 years, so he had become numb to it, thought it was fairly normal.

Their marriage was messed up to begin with. She was young & beautiful when they met, got knocked up & he did the right thing by marrying her. WRONG! She basically was a basket case shortly after she got her little hooks in him. She controlled & alienated him to the point where he was brain washed. She would pretend she liked his friends & was having a good time when with them, then flip the switch when they got home. She always wanted change...cars, animals, hairstyles & houses. She pushed him as far away as she could then decided their marriage was failing & got preggers again....same story, then preggers again. During this whole process, one of the ways to make her marriage work was for her to push him to find another woman when things were bad, then she would get mad at that woman & threaten her...DUH!

So, this is just a view into the way his life was with her. A small glimpse of all the bs he went through. They fought, to his dismay, in front of the children. Those kids have seen & heard things that children should never witness. They had no idea what a normal family life was before they met me. I love my FH & I love the skids. I hope that someday they can see their BM for what she really is....a lunatic. And I hope I can be a positive role model & they will love me. Sounds easy, but I know it won't be.

I have been through hell with BM & it's so crazy I just needed someone to tell my story to. May not be as crazy as some of yours, I haven't gotten to read much on here yet, but it's my story just the same. In my story, you will hear of how everything is of course, my fault, murder threats, arrests, drama & I will throw in the happiness that peeks through all the bs as I go to. This is going to be my online diary! Whether it gets read or not, I don't care. I just need to share it with you & thanks for listening!

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Kes's picture

Welcome to Steptalk, Scapegoat. You are not wrong, there are plenty of unbelievable stories on here - a lot of us have BM's in our lives with personality disorders! My own experience is not dissimilar to yours, DH and BM's marriage was very volatile, she would initiate conflict constantly - can't live without being the centre of a drama - she hasn't changed in the 9 years I have been with DH. You are luckier than me - you get on with your SKIDS - a lot of us in the forum have terrible problems with them. Hope you will find the support you need here - there is plenty of it.

scapegoat's picture

Thank you so much for the welcome! The skids are still young & I think they are pretty smart to their mothers insanity! Thank God for their dad or they would be just as messed up as BM. When they got divorced, she gave him residential custody, which at the time he wanted them to have joint custody, but she said no. Turns out it all worked out for the better bc she has said time & time again that she was going to take the skids & flee to Mexico or far away & now she has learned, through her antics, that she cannot legally do it!! I feel as though these skids are a blessing. I have a 6yr old girl myself & they have really brought her out of her shell. I know it's going to be a rough ride with the skids over the years, but I just pray they wise up to BM!!

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The "living in a small town" isn't going to be a problem now bc she recently moved 4 hours away... My FH & I actually decided to set her up in a nice place out of town so we could get rid of her! She moved last Sept. & then I moved here in June. So, we don't have to deal with her anymore. It was nice with her moving 45 min. away, but now she's probably staying in the "new" town 4 hours away! Of course, it's all my fault that she had to move that far away from her kids, cuz she just can't stand the sight of me! I anticipated that she would move out of the skids lives within the next few years, but she ended up doing it within months. They were getting visitation with her every other weekend, but now that she has moved so far away, I don't know if we are even going to be able to meet her halfway. Plus, the place she lives isn't that safest area of that town, so we don't really want them there period!!

The best part about when she did live here in this small town was that I grew up in this area & I know just about everybody, including social workers, law enforcement, attorneys & judges! Wink She isn't even from this country. She thought she was so smart doing all these things before, but when I stepped into the picture, I told my FH that she messed with the wrong person & within 6 months of her shit, we had her arrested!!!! And I will do it again...and again...and again. She thrives on drama & I just don't go there, that's what the law is for & thank God they have taken this seriously & we have got the situation resolved for the most part.

You can bet your britches I will be reading all the stories on here! I need all the info I can get! Thanks so much for the nice welcome!!!

Doubletakex3's picture

Welcome to StepTalk: where the unbelievable is believable! I haven't been on here very long either but it feels like a long, lost home.

CalgonTakeMeAway's picture

Hi Scapegoat! Your BM sounds like she could be our BM, except she refuses to talk to DH at all. She would be happy if he totally disappeared from all their lives. I have SD19 and SS13. BM is guilty of PAS and has been diagnosed as BPD, Narcissitic, hystrionic personality, PTSD. She is very smart and manipulative. So far she's been ok with me, but she's a monster with DH. When they were together, she was physically abusive...punched him in the head and chest (with fists), grabbed his testicles and squeezed. She told a therapist that there was something wrong with him because when she hit him, he didn't hit her back. He stuck with it for so long because they had two young kids, but when SD was about 9, BM told her to go get a knife and stab her dad and kill him. He left after that as it obviously wasn't better for the kids to have their parents together. They also witnessed things that kids should never have to see.

To this day, she believes she's fine and projects all her bad behavior onto DH. We're dealing with a Parenting Time Coordinator and Psychologist now as the courts have been NO help...she gets slapped on the wrist and that's it. I have as good a relationship with the skids as is possible given the circumstances. They will not let anybody in too far. BM is VERY controlling and protective, so they don't make a move without her say so.

It's very frustrating dealing with a mentally ill BM. On one hand, I know she is mentally ill and I try to sympathize with that. On the other hand, her constant crap infuriates me. I really can't offer you anything other than an ear to listen and a true understanding of what you're going through. You are NOT alone!! Feel free to vent when you need to! As I was reading, I was wondering if our guys were married to the same woman! LOL

Good luck and welcome to StepTalk!!

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Even though her diagnosis was that she was simply just "mean" & needs anger management, I do believe that she is BPD & Narcissistic PD. There's no way someone can act the way she does & just be mean. Her goal in life is to make mine & FH miserable & using the skids to do it isn't a problem for her. She also thinks she is just fine & says that she is over our relationship. Her main fear is that we are going to get married, I am going to get all his "riches" & I will replace her as a mother. I have a little one & I have never once thought that ANYONE would replace me as her mother. What kind of a mother thinks that....