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What Could She Be up To??

Islamorada's picture

My situatiion is that my husband has one child with his ex wife and it has been four years approx. since they divorced and we have been dating for a few years and have been married for a few months. The BM is a very contolling person and she likes to constantly be in our lives and have her finger in everything we do (Well she trys). She has re married as well and I stupidly thought that things would get better but they have only gotten worse. For a while I was the one speaking directly with her because BM and BF could not talk without arguing, and things were going ok until she started using every conversation about the child as a way to try and convince me that my husband was a jerk and a bad father. So I stopped listening to her rants and started hanging up and being short which she said was me being "hostile" and that she could not talk to me anymore. And that I was causing my stepdaughter pain becasue she could sense the hosility, which is not true. Me and my stepdaughter have a great relationship. Well I could care less the BM opinions of me, but I'm starting to worry that she has something up her sleeve. She is always in contact with her lawyer and she sent the BF a certified letter saying that we should go to post divorce counseling and saying that I was hostile and its causing their daughter so much pain. We were going to respond to her letter, but was told by his mother not to because she was worried that the BM might be building some kind of case against me. When people are around especially her new husband she acts like a victim, like we are the ones harrassing her. Then when hes out of town at work or wherever we get continous phone calls and harrassing messages. Im just wondering is there anything that she could do legally to me that would stop me from being able to see my step daughter? I'm really worried becasue she has done many things since I have known her that are pretty out there and I think that she may be capable of mcuh more.

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papergirl31128's picture

you should be writing things down- the times she calls keep copies of the messages- document document etc.
that way if she takes u to court you have evidence it is her and not you. do not put anything in writing that you do not want taken the wrong way -
good luck

Lulu's picture

Exactly!! Document everything and save any kind of voicemails or emails. If it gets to court, your documentation will tremendously outweigh any hearsay. Also, keep note of when her husband is out of town and if calls and harrassment increase when that is so. Never be ugly when you are on the phone with her because she could be recording you. Dont send fussy emails or anything that can be held against you. It sucks but sometimes you have to be sneaky and quiet to come out ahead. Let her hang herself.

Conflicted's picture

My skids BM has fixed it so that I cannot be alone with Skids; which I think is just fine because it means that she cannot easily accuse me of something I didn't do. This way I always have a witness present to verify that I didn't do anything wrong. Thats what you'd think.... but now she is claiming that I'm abusing the skids during the middle of the night while DH sleeps.
*She never ceases to amaze me.

I wouldn't worry too much; BM can only make up so much and the bulk of it is usually laughed out of court.

The BM in our case was laughed out of court numerous times but then started getting my 8-year-old SD to lie along with her which is why I can no longer be alone with the skids.

Islamorada's picture

Thank you for everyone that commented about my situation. Everything was very helpful, and I could definetly see her doing that thing about not being alone with my skid. I don't think that she could accomplish this because I don't think she has a basis, but I would see her trying just to be able to control an aspect of my home. This site has been very helpful because my husband and I are pretty nieve and clueless about these things. And she seems to have alot more resources than we do. I know this isn't true for every divorcee, but I can just see her sitting around with a group of divorced women thinking of new ways to torture their ex husbands:)