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I've been quiet, but I am getting to my wit's end

futurestepmomnowstepgf's picture

For those of you who have been following my blog know that while my bf is finishing up the custody battle and his divorce, I have been staying pretty under the radar with BM. Despite everything she has done or said, I have let my bf handle it and I have continued to stay under the radar to not rock the boat further and/or negatively impact the final outcome of the all the legal battles. However, I am really getting to the point that I do not know how much longer I can stay quiet. 

So yesterday, not on my bf's weekend with his daughter, my bf and I went to our friends' house for football and games. An hour into us being there BM messages my bf on the co-parenting app they are using. Mind you she has not said a single word since drop off of his daughter a week ago, but magically we are out with our friends and as per usual she decides to send a message then. The message says "(older child that is not his and his rights are gone to) wants to call you. She has asked twice." My bf shows me this message without opening it because it time stamps when it is read, etc. This message infuriates me because this woman is still trying to play these emotional games with my bf. He said he wasn't going to open it because then she will see that he did and that was the end of our discussion because we were out and then when we got home we were exhausted.

I don't know if there is a point in any response to her because it will just make her go on and on. However, her going on and on especially about a child that is not even part of the equation anymore may support our want for a no contact order. I am so angry about this woman's persistence to keep bringing this child up. Right now I want to message her as myself and tell her how evil she is and that the child is her responsibility now, etc. Probably will not help the situation any so I will not, but I am just about to boil over on it. It wasn't enough to her apparently to cheat on my bf, have another man's child, pass it off as his for years, then take all his rights away to her, to then now try and act like he is a piece of shit because he isn't going to play your child's dad until you find a new guy to be her dad?! I really really don't like when anyone treats my bf badly especially when it is someone who has already wronged him so much then is continuing to try and hurt him because he is not bowing to what she wants.

On a somewhat positive note, my bf had a consultation with a lawyer he likes last week, so we are just waiting for him to get him the retainer and have him look deeper into his case. Based off the consultation the lawyer thinks it will be better to just try and agree with the ex because it is risky to spend all this time and money with no guarantee the lawyer will side with him on the ex being at fault for the divorce and there is no guarantee the judge will give him anymore parenting time with his daughter based on what this judge has already ruled. However, until he signs him and he looks at all the case files, he isn't 100% sure what would be the best route. Once he signs him, he will go into it about getting a no contact order and about his ex keep bringing up the other child. I really want to know this lawyer's thoughts on what can be done or how he should handle the situation.

 

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tog redux's picture

New lawyer sounds good - he 's not making pie in the sky promises or suggesting your SO fight and spend a lot of money.

As for BM, the best thing you can do is just learn to expect this behavior from her. If it's not about this, it will be about something else, this is how she goes.  You predicted it and you were right, so just expect some sort of behavior like this to continue.  After all, it's only been a couple of weeks and she obviously expected that your SO would feel guilty enough to continue seeing the child.  She's not likely to give up quickly.

He did the right thing in ignoring it, he already told her there is nothing more to discuss.  What she really wants is for him to engage with her and for her to know she can get a reaction out of him, so the fact that he's not giving it is really great.

You just focus on being his support, that's all you have control over. Don't confront BM, that's just the sort of dramatic reaction she'd love to get. Put your energy towards healing and moving forward.

futurestepmomnowstepgf's picture

he said I am not going to tell you to go a route that isn't a good option and don't waste my time trying to present an agreement the ex won't go for because I won't even send it. So yeah much much better! This lawyer was referred by the day care's director who has him as her lawyer while going through a divorce herself.

I just wish she would stop, it's so sick and twisted, but you're right. She's mad her plan did not work out how she thought it was going to.

It is so hard to be the bigger person sometimes, but will definitely continue on doing so because it is the best option and I shouldn't stoop to her level. Still makes me heated though haha.

justmakingthebest's picture

Do you guys know who the other child's father is? Can the 2 of you team up?

futurestepmomnowstepgf's picture

BM probably doesn't even know who it is. She claims she was raped, but then she also told their mutual friend while he was deployed she loved doing molly and having sex with random dudes.. So my guess either she doesn't think that guy would ever step up or she really has no idea who the dad is

futurestepmomnowstepgf's picture

None of this came out till he served her with divorce papers. In the response to his reasons for divorce she put in there that the older kid wasn't his. Then told my bf following those papers that she was raped. She told two different stories that do not add up at all. Then later the mutual friend and her husband told my bf what his ex said about molly and sex. So between it being a secret all this time, the stories not adding up, then what she told the friend, I don't believe she was raped. Instead it makes me angry for those who actually have been raped when there is someone just throwing around false claims to try and make her not look like the slut she really is. I am also not one for slut shaming, but this woman just disgusts me.

SeeYouNever's picture

It sounds like your BF is doing the right things. Hopefully after the custody battle she will be less of a presence in your life. It's natural to feel defensive of someone you love when someone who has hurt them tries to hurt them again. BM is a price of trash and trying to be manipulative. Just continue to be the better person.