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Ss hates dw (his mother) with a passion. It's actually heartbreaking

adamcross's picture

Dw and I have been together for 4 years and married for 2. Ss16  likes me  , but he HATES dw. Dw's ex-boyfriend was molesting ss, and dw didn't know. When the truth came out, she did what any mother would have done. She broke up with the scumbag and pressed charges. Turns out the ex would tell ss that dw knew what was happening; matter of fact she gave permission for it (complete low-life!!). Ss hates dw with a passion. He claims that dw "knew" what was going on the whole time. He's called her a worthless mother, a waste of space, and a failure of a human being. 

I've seen dw beg ss to just hear her out, he refuses. Ss has seen a child psychologist, a psychiatrist, and a therapist to help him over come the trauma, he's over come the trauma, but he can't stand the sight of dw. 

Ss didn't let this define him through. In school, he's always on the honors list, he's captain of the soccer team, has great friends, has a job, and he wants to attend college to be a pharmacist.. He's told dw that he knows she doesn't want him to succeed, and he's working hard to prove her wrong. That he's not the failure, that the only failure is her. His anger is his driving force.

The only person ss will listen and talk to in the house is me, he ignores dw- doesn't talk to her at all. Dw is heart broken that her only child thinks so little of her. She's tried reasoning with him, telling him that she didn't know and if she did, she would have stopped it; ss will say that she did know, and that she's just lying to cover her own tracks. He's wished that dw one day goes through the same pain he went through, so she knows what it feels like. 

Dw is happy that ss is close to me, so he has support from me. I support dw as well, but I know dw is hurting when she sees how sweet ss is with me. I've talked to ss about showing dw basic respect, he says that he is showing basic respect, by not speaking to her because he has noting to say to her.  I feel bad for the both of them, and I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place.

 

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lorlors's picture

I am so sorry for you all: SS, you and your wife. It was a terrible thing for SS to be abused especially by someone he was meant to trust. Your wife probably feels very guilty as it is for bringing this predator into SS's life in the first place. It sounds like SS genuinely believes his mum MUST have known as that is what his abuser told him. So sad all round.

I hope SS gets the help he needs to overcome this and that your wife and he can heal their relationship together.

ProbablyAlreadyInsane's picture

So I know I in no way have any form of psychology degree. But he's still throwing blame and believing his assailant. So I don't know that he has overcome the trauma. Maybe overcome parts of it, but doesn't seem like he overcame all of it. Yet again, so psychology degree, but his history is still deeply affecting him. Has the therapist or psychologist talked to him ever about why he lays blame to your DW?

I really hope they can work through this, but I don't think he's healed from it all right now. 

adamcross's picture

has talked to ss a the s to why he blames dw. Ss says that during the assaults, the ex would say that dw gave him the green light (cold chill, and ss says that there's no way she didn't know because it was happening under her roof. 

I agree. He claims he's perfectly fine, but he still blames dw

Thumper's picture

Did your wife abuse him also? So ss lack empathy just for his mom or other people too? What about maternal Granny---Maternal Aunts etc,teachers at school. How are his grades?

Surprised ss is not living with bio father IF bio dad is alive. Maybe change custody and get the boy into a Child Psychologist? There is no way any of this  will become better until ss16 is properly diagnosed with solid treatment plan. HE comes first.. no one else matters. 

Where is bio dad? 

(I pray you dont write back saying dad is not around, he is absentee, dbag,  dad is unknown. I would hate to think your wife is realllly an awful judge of character)

adamcross's picture

He loves  his maternal granny, and his maternal aunts, and as for teachers, his teachers always says that he's such a great kid.. The only person he lacks any empathy for is his mother. His grades are always in the high 90's( taking all advanced classes). 

Bio dad isn't in the picture at all. He's been absent for the past 7 years.