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I Dread Going Home

Hershei12's picture

After the talk that my H and I had last night in which he told me I needed to just act like everything is ok with SD and be normal it just once again reinforces the fact that he does me like he does it all! His view is ignore it and it will either go away or work itself out. She doesn't come on weekend nights and he has to find out the next day where she slept, when she does come home its only for money and I've been ignored and treated like basic crap for over two months and he expects me to act like everything is good. He says she is bitter...She is bitter? How in the hell does a 17 year old have the right to be bitter when she has been the one doing all the hating!?

I swear if I had know what life would truly be and how I would be put on the back burner in order for H not to have to rock the boat with his kids I would have waited to marry him. I would have waited until they were out of high school and gone. Now I have a whole other senior year with them and the hateful little 17 year old brat of a SD!

I've been fighting back tears all day because I dread going home and don't want to be there. I want to tell him just tell her to stay out of my way and I will stay out of hers. UGH!

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TX2step's picture

My choice is to go home pack a bag and go to a hotel. Get some rest and make some decisions about your future. This does not magically get better as they get older, or even graduating will not change this. This is only the beginning. 

Merry's picture

I remember hating to go home. It was awful.

Sounds like you have responsibility and no authority, and the household isn't working.  If her father isn't home, she should be with her mother or another relative, not with her father's wife.

You can move out and still stay married to the guy. Others have done that. 

 

TWalsh's picture

I sit here 2 hours after your post and don't want to go home either.  I just wanted you to know you are NOT alone and I care. The day my step monsters move out will be the happiest day of my life, if I make it that long before moving out first.

Siemprematahari's picture

Your H seems to sweep your feelings under the rug and expects you to "get over it". He's not acknowleding how you feel which leads to bitterness & resentment. This will not magically go away, especially after she's 18. Book a hotel room tonight and do some soul searching. Figure out which of the options stated above you are willing to take and move on from there. The main goal is that you have to make a choice. You can't leave it up to your H or anyone else to live your life.

Make a decision, own it, and follow through.

notsobradybunch's picture

I can relate. With my SD17, if or when she returns I feel DH will cave and let her return home. He's a lot of talk behind the scenes but once this whole "runaway" scenario spirals down I think it'll be a different story. I'm fully anticipating "She's my daughter. I can't turn my back on her." ...Then what will I do? Sorry you're dealing with this. Do you have a friend to take off with for a weekend? Girls trip? Sounds like you need to breathe a little bit.

Harry's picture

But you don’t have to kiss her a$$ or sit in your room.  It your home and you are paying the bills, So you can do what you like. Say what you like,  If SD doesn’t listen, Tell her even through you are not her mother, thank goodness,  she is the child and has to listen to you to live in your house. Then disengage, don’t take her anywhere, don’t buy her anything ect,  do as much for her as the neighbor down the road, who also is not her mother 

marblefawn's picture

It wouldn't have mattered if you had waited for skids to be out of high school or college. I waited and SD is still in the middle of my marriage from a distance of two hours away. So don't kick yourself for that. Who can predict these little cusses can wreak such havoc?

We have the same dynamic: she behaves badly, so I've disengaged. He sees her alone. I'm left at home so he can see her alone. We STILL fight about it.

I've been engaged; now I've been disengaged. We still fight about SD.

I'm convinced that unless you can break down these husbands to the point of hating their own kids, the alternative is SM sucking up all the crap. The only time you read a sort of triumphant post on this site is when the husband finally breaks down and admits the kid is a nightmare. Anything short of that is just the same old, same old.

Wish I were single too.

ndc's picture

"H told me to make sure she was at school the next day so when her buddy showed up to get her I told her to leave I was taking her or she was riding with her brother. She screamed "You're not my mother and I don't have to do what you say!" "

Here's the problem.  Your husband is putting responsibility on you to make sure his daughter does the right thing, but you have absolutely no control over the daughter.  I understand that he was out of town, but what are the alternatives for the next time he's out of town?  Does she have to be at your house when her father isn't there?