Finally ready to make a change!!
Goodness where do I start!
I have been a long time lurker of the forums and to be honest pretty much read nearly every post in the adult step forum and here is my story.
Married my wife at the tender age of 23 while she is 9 years older than me with two sons at the time were 11 & 15. The 11 year old lived with us but the 15 year old was in a home due to his behavior and his mother been unable to cope with him. Wife had the 15 year old when she was 17 and never really had any support with the rasing of the children. BF no where to be seen in and out of prison most of his life so no issue there. Both sons have had huge issues over the years from prison, drug addiction, theft amongst many other things. Early on in our relationship my BS was born when I was around 25 so we decided to get married on the back of that.
I have never felt any love or care to any of the the SS for as long as I can remember, they have robbed me, broken into my home, Ive had to pay drug dealers off, they have threatened me with violence on more than one occasion. Ive have always hidden my feelings the best I could toward them over the years. She has however thrown them out before when things got really bad but they end up on the streets hooked on drugs so you can imagine how she feels about that. I have criedd so many times over the years and said to myself that once my own BS was old enough it was time to go and here we are!!!
So 3 years ago oldest SS after another stint in prison was due to be released and both me and the wife decided to give it one more chance with him (her more than me) so we did. He is off the drugs and we managed to help him get a full time job. But now I have a 34 year old MAN CHILD living in my home. He pays very little rent, does not chores what so ever the wife even cleans his room I cook all his meals and give him lift repeatedly. If he asks for something and we say no he will stomp about like a spoilt child. I have wanted to leave in the past but could not leave my own BS with these idiots and kept my feelings to myself for many years somewhat
So last week we asked him to do a job for us and he had the cheek to try and charge us for the work LMAO and at that point enough was enough. I told my wife I want him gone and that they have made parts of my life a misery for years. She took his side of course (guilty mother) for the mistakes she made when she was young and she decided to leave as she will always choose her kids over me (grown adults). So here we are, Im am scared, positive, liberated and saddened. My BS is 16 now so we told him a couple of days ago. The adult SS who lives with us is unable to function without his mother and it drives me crazy!!
I think I am writing this today for comfort, to tell a story? im not really sure. I just know I need to be strong and follow this though as its never going to change. Maybe its my fault for not setting the rules, maybe its my fault for letting him back in the first place?
To add to this the younger of the SS does not live with us but is a full blown drug addict with two of his own children whom we are banned from seeing as I didn't want him to have anything to do with my own BS but thats another story.
My parents have been very supportive over the years and know the issues I have had along with close friends. Nobody in the world would blame me for this and think the only mistake I made was letting it go on for this long. i know the ending to the story but now need to be brave enough to finish it.
PS apologies for any grammar I have a form of dyslexia
Welcome to the site!
Bless you, Sparky - you have done a tough, thankless job for many years and maybe your wife has done you a favour in leaving. Maybe now you can find a more peaceful life, as can your poor parents who must be getting on in years now. With your wife being 9 years older than you - she would have gained a kind of authority over you being still in your early 20s when you got together. But now you have seen the light, and realised you maybe didn't set the boundaries you could, and maybe should have, for your own welfare, while she has continued to enable her sons. I hope you won't reconsider - as you must know in your heart that the relationship is no good for you any more.
You have hit the nail on the
You have hit the nail on the head!! I was a boy really when we got together and now I'm a man with my whole life ahead of me. Thank you for your kind word x
Hugs
"Im am scared, positive, liberated and saddened."
All very normal and understandable feelings. It's hard to be brave.
In my opinion you are doing the right thing. I guess the question now is do you move so your SSs cannot bother you and your son?
Not really as my BS has a
Not really as my BS has a relationship with the older SS who is no longer an addict but just a man child.
My wife has been a great mother to our BS and wouldn't want to rock the boat in that way. Thx
There is no such thing as "no
There is no such thing as "no longer an addict". He may be clean, but he is still an addict.
I hear ya and will always be
I hear ya and will always be vigilant.
Your wife did you a favor -
Your wife did you a favor - she ruined her sons with her coddling and enabling, no need to stick around for any more. Hopefully, you being around for your son has put him on a better path in life.
Who will your BS live with?
Sorry. I'm unclear, will your B'S live witj you or wife? You, I hope. The further away you can keep him from all the dysfunction, the better.
Most likely he will go back
Most likely he will go back and forth depending which area of the town she decides to reside. I would personally love him to stay with me as the home I am staying in has been his since birth. Friends and familiarity is here.
plus I have raised a fine young man who i trust with a little advice will make the best decision. X
Please tell him how you feel
Please tell him how you feel - at his age, he can pretty well decide where he lives.
Sounds good
I'm sure you will stay close to him and monitor things. Its so easy for teenagers to be influenced by older siblings. Stay strong and good luck!
If it's as you say, you're
If it's as you say, you're justified in being glad she left and took her possie/your nightmares with her. Hopefully you're having many heart to heart talks with your BS so he doesn't end up like his worthless brothers. Best to you as you make more self assured decisions for your lives. I also hope you consider counseling as you've laid down for too much abuse for too long and maybe you had or have low self esteem issues since you chose such an older woman when you were so young? Just a thought.
Time to make the call to the
Time to make the call to the locksmith to come re-key the locks. She left, now it is time for her to take her remaining adult shallow and polluted gene pool spawn with her.
And call your lawyer to get the divorce filed.
It is time for you to take your life back and to protect yourself and your son.
You have done nothing wrong other than wait too long to end this nightmare.
Take care of you.