I NEED Advice PLEASE.... V Long
I'm at the end of my tether, and I need advice please. I have just split with my partner because of his BS aged 15.Who I will refer to SS from hereon
Lots of things have happened but I can only start at the beginning. I have two BD aged 17 and 11. I met BH 2 years ago he was not speaking to my SS (then 13) because his son would have nothing to do with him after the split with BM and also BS had DH reported to Child Services for hitting him on the arm (which came to nothing) He wished his dad dead and was rude everytime he saw his dad. My BH has another son aged (9) at the time with whom he had regular contact and a great relationship.
I didnt agree that my BH would buy BS (9) presents and not the other son, my thinking was he maybe angry but he still needs to be treated the same as his brother, and even if only to try and mend the relationship.
After 6mths of being together I managed to get SS(now 15) to come to his dad's birthday meal asw I was meeting ALL the family for the first time, we got on like a house on fire. After that BH moved in with me at my rented house and SS (15) came to visit each weekend and some days throughout the week. HE was a very opinionated child, swore a lot and didnt really respect adults in general but BH and BM allowed this to happen, which cause a bit of friction with my BD but it was soon sorted out.
After only 3 weeks of living together BM of SS (15) phoned to tell us to pick him up as he was being abusive to her and her new partner, I went and picked him up and talked to him, he said that he would never accept his BM new partner andd that he hated him. We sat down and discussed it together as a family and told him that he had to make a bit more of an effort with the paretner as that was who BM was hapy with, two days later he went back home to BM. LEss than a day after another phonecall he'd gone and hit his mother, apparently his mother had hit him first blah blah blah. I went again to pick him up and told him that he should stay with us for a week to cool off.
BM turned up two days after with his suitcases and said she'd had enough of him and that he was now our responsibility... I happily took on the challenge. He refused to speak to his BM and refused to see her if her new partner was around.
BM moved away with her partner and the other son a week later (I think she'd had it planned from the start)
Bearing in mind that BH and I had only been living together for a couple of weeks and that BH has only had contact with his son for no more than 2 months I took SS into my home.
After 5 months things started to go very wrong, he was verbally abuseive to me, swore at me, called me names etc, he refused to eat at the table with us, and stole food out of the cupboard to eat in his room. So we went to a counsellor who told us that it was difficult with blended families. My youngest BD was having a few of her own issues with BH but I had the full support of my ex husband in the way we were dealing with things.
Enough was enough at christmas we'd bought him the item he'd wanted and told him that he would have to give $100 back to us as the item was $100 more than we'd spent on the other 3 kids, he completely blew up at me called me all the nbames under the sun, told me how he hated living with us and so on. So the only alternitive we had as his BM still refused to have him as he caused her too many problems was to send him to BH parents for a few weeks, that lasted 3 months before he said he wanted to come back. The counsellor told us that we had to establish rules together as a family so we sat down and talked about the rules and put them up on the fridge for all to see.
SS constantly broke them, he tore them off the fridge, he smashed things (this was MY rented house here!)We did as the counsellor said, ignored bad bahaviour and rewarded good.
We eventually moved into OUR rented house a big one as there were 6 of us at the time, but 2 weeks after moving in me and my BH had a huge fight. SS moved out to grandparents after verbally and almost physically assaulting me and hasnt spoke to me in nearly a year, he now refuses to accept me being with his father.
He has a great way of making dad feel guilty and manipulates him. To the point where in June BH moved out to be with SS. Tehy now live on their own, we continued our relationship until 4 days ago as I couldnt stand not being with BH on a full time basis any longer.
I am not allowed to the house because of SS, I cant attend family events because SS is there, and BH can only stay over 3 nights a week.
I am now at a point where I think I may have made a mistake regarding my relationship. BH and I get on really really well, are in love, happy and my two BD love him to pieces, I have given BH a month to sort some thinhgs out as this cannot continue, ss is holding him to ransom, BM wont have him.... how do I cope with this.... or do I stay away because it will never improve and SS will never accept me????
I need a little or a lot of advice please I'm desperate. Thank you
I would find some good
I would find some good friends to make sure you stick to that month deadline. Do not talk to this guy until he can show you that he has figured something out.
Calm down alittle too. You can still be you without him and you may need to face that fact.
Sorry if I came across as
Sorry if I came across as uncalm.... I know I dont NEED this man in my life but i feel as though he's undervalued our relationship.
Sadly my family is 12000 miles away and I don't have ANY friends here. So it's just me an my BD (11) my other BD (17) moved out to be with her boyfriend 6 weeks ago.
But thank you for your reply I do appreciate it :0)
What a manipulative person
What a manipulative person SS is. He's a pro. He got what he wanted. All of the attention, all of the time. Is a shame that DH is enabling this behaviour, but I wonder if the guilt parenting will ever let him see thats what he's doing.
I have no answers. Only DH can decide if he wants to have an adult relationship or be daddy to an overgrown tantrum thrower for the rest of his life.
Don't sell yourself short. And don't wait forever. This isn't about SS accepting you. This about DH's choices.
Good luck.
I agree with the others.
I agree with the others. Until Dad is able to get this situation under control you need to stay out of it. You were on the verge of being physically beaten and will never reside in the same house with the kid again.
If Dad gets his act together then perhaps you two can come together but its likely his kid is more important and you should just accept that.
Another successful "divide
Another successful "divide and conquer" by the selfish skid. You love EACH other? I can see that you are willing to take risks for him, but I certainly don't see that kind of committment on his end. If this man is going to succomb to the emotional blackmail of his kid, there isn't much you can do. He is the only one who can choose to accept it or not. It hurts though. It fricken hurts indeed. It sounds like this kid is dangerous and all Dad is doing is empowering the future inmate. Dad needs to get this kid some serious help and you need to run like hell.
Thank you :0) Yes I've come
Thank you :0) Yes I've come to the point of no return I fear, Dad wno't stand up to him because he says he will harm himself if he leaves..... I say take him to ER every time he says it, and he also manages to have a "panic attack" every time his dad tries to enforce discipline.
Yes I am seeing now that I am the only one trying to work things out... I think I'll quit while I'm ahead :0)
Sweet pea, you aren't
Sweet pea, you aren't quitting! You are making a smart choice and looking after yourself. I'm excited for you. Just think of future without all this emotional blackmail!!
Is this kid in counseling?
Is this kid in counseling? It sounds like he need to go to some kind of military school!
"I child proofed my whole house, but they STILL get in!"