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young_step_mom's picture

I am getting really REALLY tired of talking about ET. I was on the phone w DH last night when ET texts him telling him that SS is out of medicine. He tells me he is going to call her and then call me back. No big deal I guess, but it really bugged me. If SS runs out of medicine, GO OUT AND BUY IT! If you want DH to pay for his half of the medicine, keep the receipt and ask him for the money later. You don't need to text him at midnight to let him know! I am just so sick of this woman. I can't go one day w out hearing about her.

I know this really isn't a big deal, probably not even worth mentioning but I guess for me it was just really the last straw. Too many things building up, I just don't want to deal w her anymore. Normally I would have asked DH what they had talked about, but when DH called me back I acted like nothing had happened. He could tell I was upset, but I didn't say anything about it. He pulled out the "I just wanted to make sure SS was OK" despite me NOT mentioning anything, and I just changed the subject. (NOTE: In the text, ET did not say anything about SS not being OK, she just said he was out of medicine. This is nothing (at least to me) that DH needs to be texted about this late at night. GO GET THE F*ING MEDICINE!!)

I am sick of ET, and I am SICK TO DEATH of "I'm doing it for SS." I hate that phrase. DH is NOT doing it for SS, he is doing w/e is more convenient for his mother. I really wanted to tell DH why this whole thing made me upset and I have ALWAYS been the "talk it out" person, but I just don't care anymore. I know that whatever I say will just cause an argument. DH will tell me he is in a difficult position and that he is doing it "for SS" and I will just suck it up like always. Why bother? Nothing changes, and I am just so over it. I feel like I am just wasting my breath, but I also know that holding it in will probably cause me to resent DH. I feel like I am in a lose-lose situation, and I don't know how to make DH see that 90% of what he does "for SS" is really for ET. ET has been so awful to me since we met and is always awful to DH when I am around, why does he go out of his way to make her life easier????

DH is really good about supporting me w disciplining SS and setting rules and stuff like that, but he can be so un-supportive about other things. I don't know what to do anymore. How can I approach him in a way that will make him understand? Should I just give up and pretend it doesn't bother me??

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skylarksms's picture

I read another poster who said, "Are you going to wipe BM's ass for her? You don't want skid to have a BM with a smelly ass, do you???"

Maybe if you said that to H, he'd get the picture.

Unfreakingreal's picture

He will never understand. And seeing your post just confirmed it for me. I am even more upset now than I was a few minutes ago when I posted my blog, because clearly, this is just how these men operate. Nothing we say, nothing we do, no amount of dialogue, communication, rationalization, therapy, raging fits, arguments or anything will ever change this. OMFG I am seriously doomed ain't I?

young_step_mom's picture

I'm right there with you, sister! And I have my ENTIRE life to put up w this crap. DH and I have been married for a little over a year and SS is only 3. I have at least a good 15 more years of this!!! I just hope I can make it through :?

smommy_2C's picture

Hi ladies. First, I want to say that I am a young smom to ss3. He is awesome. The real problem is w bm. She makes our life a living hell. A little background might help: Dh and I have been together for over 2 years. In the beginning it was bad. No, that's a grand understatement.. It was downright brutal! He hid our relationship from bm (who he was never even married to) for a while. I had to leave when she was coming to pick ss up.. I had to be quiet so she couldn't hear me when h was on the phone w her.. She threatened me.. Badmouthed me to everyone.. (along with many more vile things inappropriate for this post).. And Dh would never do anything about it "to keep the peace" ugh! What peace?! It was miserable! With that said, we are SLOWLY but surely getting better. BM still pulls all the same stunts as before, but DH has completely changed. He asks and respects my opinion on every issue when dealing w her. He doesn't go around her alone (yes, that's one of her best tricks: SEX). He stands up to her and finally tells her no! Point of the story is that IT DOES GET BETTER!! We go to a therapist to help with our communication. Just write things down when you're mad, wait until you're calm and discuss what you wrote. The key is to remain calm. Ask him to realize that if he expects you two to be a family, then he can't keep acting like bm's husband and running to her aid. They're divorced. He needs to run to your aid. And if bm can't take care of her child, then maybe custody needs to be addressed for the safety and proper care of the child. Hope this helps Smile
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