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Hi everyone. I have been reading and soaking in all the wonderful advice, crazy stories, and this site has been an awesome outlet. So now I have something to post! Smile

Little bit of backstory, I have 2 bio's BS5 and BD3 with ex husband-for the most part we get along well enough to raise kids but there is the occasional reminder why we aren't together anymore Biggrin . I have been dating my SO for almost 3 years known from here on as DSO, he has two boys I will refer to as SS6 and SS8. We just moved in together I bought our house in May bc Bio-Mom still hasn't fixed everything on her end with their old house. I plan on adding him to the house later if he so chooses. BM of those kids is a whack job and that's for another days vent. We have SS's Tuesday nights and every other weekend. My kids go to Bio-Dad Wednesday nights and every other weekend. Miraculously we have it arranged so we have the kids at the same time on weekends so IF we want to spend time together we can. Oh how loosely I shall use IF... }:)

Well I am SO mad at DSO. He swears knowing that BS and BD have baseball/gymnastics Saturday mornings PLUS me toting around my gma lately since her car has broken down and she still works, was waiting on verdict on car, etc...that we made definite plans for this Saturday to go to the amusement park. Well...I don't recall that but anyways I wake up to take my kids to their activities, ask him did they still plan on going, and when, and said, well okay I will call you later once I get them settled. Ok well that set him off. Apparently...I am setting boundaries by living a crazy busy life, telling him I didn't expect them to wait on us, to go have a good time at the amusement part, that my son's game was starting late, to have a good day, etc. etc. My GOD! Really...let me tell you if there is a weekend or holiday we have my kids and not his we damn sure don't do anything special...but you can bet your tail when he has the kids there is always one day of amusement park, fair, museum, trip out of town, etc. etc. Disney Dad syndrome but oh of course he doesn't see it. Anyways, So he got all smart with me after I asked if they had fun at the amusement park, that SURE they had a good time, that I was still so sorry I didn't realize it was set in stone about the amusement park and I was going to take the kids to see my gma and mom and do stuff at gmas house (she's 80 so we help clean, get insulin shots made, etc. etc)...I said that I didn't recall us being confirmed for going bc of the activites and gma stuff. HE said they were fine (in the asshole tone), so I texted that he was being childish and I wasn't going to come home that night bc of his attitude, and really ,just enjoy his time with the boys. Well he texted back that I am being SINGLE (really, wtf), he wasn't expecting me to come home, that would be too much, I probably couldn't remember how to get home). Because I am doing stuff wtih kids, and you need to grow up I said back, and he was doing a nice job handling what was bothering him. Then back to me setting boundaries he's been trying to erase them etc. etc. So I defended Sunday that I am certainly not living single I was spending time with family...I was still dealing with stuff with my gma (it was car shopping yesterday) as I was Saturday, and I didn't know when I would be home but I would be happy when I got there...I had calmed down. HE said he would try and stay out of the way, so when I got home I turned on tv he was sleeping, well then he woke up, got all huffy about the TV, went downstairs. I told him he was being so immature and to get back upstairs, he went to the truck...then I told him he had the choices of sleeping in the bed, or on the couch, but if he was sleeping in the truck he could sleep in another damn driveway!!!

So childish, excuse me for my children and I having activites and a super-close knit family. My gpa died a year ago, my gma is not in the best of health, I grew up with them and my mom. I just can't fathom spending time with my family instead of him and the princes since he has a neverending bank account for fun weekends with them. My kids were happy playing at the park with family. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I did wrong. Not like the first two years we spent ALL our time together, he still did things on his own and I did things on mine and it's not gonna change, why should it?

thanks for letting me write my novel

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amhwood2011's picture

I will be honest. I needed to see the light. He disengaged and it made me see a lot of parenting mistakes I was making. Then I disengaged and honestly, my life was great. I really don't like the kids. I try, but their mom has done so much PASing, neglecting their educational and health needs instead of focusing on what she wants the attention for through them. I know a lot of it is NOT their fault, but I'm not their mother so I can't police it. And he just keeps feeling SO BAD for them. ALL the time, bc she's so neglectful. (We are in legal proceedings for him to have full custody). He thinks I don't want us to spend time together, which is not the case. But if I had a choice between the princes and my family, I am going to choose my family. Boundaries my butt. He sets them up everytime the princes get Disney Dad for the weekend whether I have the money to join or not.