bmitted by Kwnas1evilSM on Sun, 10/23/2016 - 11:50am.
Hi,
I'm new to this forum, but as I'm reading these post. I found myself thinking, "are they peering in my window?" I too decided to disengage from my SC; although, I've raised them for several years"alone",while DH was away for several weeks at a time for work and BM was finding herself (thru several men).I still had two BC at home and his two children. I did everything, parent teacher conferences for four children (elementary and middle school than middle and high school) and I worked nights! BM was the cool weekend parent that came to pick them up on Saturday did fun things and dropped them back off. Mind you she didn't pay CS, for the two we had living with us, but insisted he contribute for the BD she had finally allowed to live with her (she lived with us for three years before the mom allowed her to move in, she was 14 by then). Anyways, after several years and the SC were getting closer to the magic number "18" she started manipulating them and telling them that they didn't have to listen to me because I'm not their mother (never wanted to be) after several years of constant problems with then and Disney Dad allowing her and the kids to throw me under the bus and he not get involved because of his guilt of not being involved in their lives. And him telling me that I've NEVER done any thing for their children and that I've never liked them only because I made my mind up that they would longer use me. I'm now living my life focusing on my children and grandchildren.