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My morning run just got stranger

Megh's picture

I have lived in my home for 7 years this past summer. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning I go for a outdoor run through my neighborhood. My husband moved in 1 year ago, approximately 2 months before we married. He and his ex wife have two children together and I have a son from a previous relationship. Since we married his ex wife has cut communication off between the children and him. O My son and I are well known in our little community and our neighborhood; the locals have all seen my son grow/ I use the same route as I have for the past 5 years for my morning run. Recently, I have been experiencing some weird vibes as I have been strolling through my neighborhood. Like I was being followed or watched. I walk everywhere, I love the outdoors, and I love my neighborhood. I have been noticing a familiar car where ever I go, whether it is to the local drugstore, the corner market, the coffee shop and my neighborhood bakery. So this morning on my walk I recognized the car again, parked in a driveway approximately 1/3 of a mile from my house. Just around the corner. The car belongs to my husband's children's mother. She has moved around the corner from us.

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aggravated1's picture

AGHHHHHH...I just had a flashback. BM moved in right across the street from us and lived there for several months until recently.

bi's picture

don't you change anything because of her. you go on with your life as you always have and do not give her the power to make you so uncomfortable that you change your route, etc. ignore her.

bi's picture

after reading mccoy's post, i think i may be missing some information and ignoring may not be possible? sorry if i posted without knowing the whole story and you have had stalking issues with this crazy ass.

Megh's picture

I don't think it's stalking? Just very very weird. I know it's not a coincidence that she moved there she knows where we live. She had picked up the the children here on several occasions. I plan to keep my running route the same Wink

RedWingsFan's picture

She's stalking you. How scary! I'd definitely keep an eye out and let her know you see her. Keep a cell phone on you and snap pictures of her vehicle and if you see her, wave. If she knows that you know she's there and watching you, she may stop. Otherwise, it's time to call the cops!

Megh's picture

My husband lived with her for 10 years and understands her psychosis' lol It is has been a long drawn out battle and he feels that for the best interest of the children not to draw them into it. He sends them letter in care of their grandparents with self addressed pre stamped envelopes - never any replies. Their marriage was a horror story, she always used the kids to keep him from leaving before he eventually did. When they did visit she text him every hour he had them. Then when he returned them home within the hour she was calling asking what we fed them because they were sick. The final straw was when the local child protection service called him as there was a report of abuse on his part. One meeting with him they understood everything and told him the file was closed. That was a year ago and the BM still uses it against him. She tells his family who she talks to on Facebook and their former mutual friends that the file is still open. Whatever. Within one month she had a new boyfriend and the kids were calling him Daddy. Then they moved and he didn't know her address to serve her papers. She has played every game that is imaginable. She definitely has a sociopath disorder; she manages to have everyone believe her lies.Lawyers are expensive!and she knows this. Guess what? Jokes on her: we know her address now. Papers can now be filed and she can be served.

GoodbyeNormaJean's picture

I have 3 BMs to deal with, but I really only despise Bm2, and I just found out that she is moving out of state! I apologize in advance to any Georgia residents, as she will now be skanking up your home state instead of mine.

She's moving tomorrow. The air smells cleaner already!

Not_what_I_wanted's picture

Living near you is horrible, esp around the corner. Very scarey. She does should as if she is stalking, and as posters said above, Document everything and take pictures. Let her know you see her, every single time. YOu have to out think and out stalk her. Very creepy situation. So sorry.

ThatGirl's picture

Time to start taking hubby with you on your walks past her house! Turn the tables and make HER uncomfortable. You were there first. Own it!

Goonies24's picture

When DH and I first started dating, I always had a feeling that I was being followed or watched. I'd tell DH about it, and he just laughed it off, telling me I was paranoid. Well, my suspicions were confirmed one night when we were sitting on my couch watching a movie. DH got a text message from her with a photo of his car in my apartment's parking lot. He nipped that in the bud with a call to his lawyer. I don't really know what was said between his lawyer and her lawyer, but it quickly stopped. (I don't think there was a restraining order, but maybe the threat of a restraining order?!) We haven't really had anymore "stalking" issues with her since, but it really freaked me out at the time. I couldn't help but wonder where else she had followed me or him.

I wouldn't let her change your routine, but just be very aware of your surroundings. There may be nothing to it, but it's definitely enough to piss you off and make you wonder! I'd hate it if she lived right around the corner from me. The 20 minutes away she lives now is too close! Crap, 20 hours away would still be too close for me.

Megh's picture

I feel I haven't provided enough background. I am never intimidated by this woman. I have something she will never have: class, the ability to run and recognizable ankles. Thinking about it throughout the day I realized it gave me relief knowing I wasn't going crazy when I was "thinking" I was seeing things. In fact, I find great pleasure in knowing I can show off my new compression running leggings that I purchased this afternoon, and might change my Saturday spinning class to an outdoor run instead. We know she is crazy, it is sadder that she involves the children. She doesn't make her self "secret" -except for her address. Which isn't much of a secret anymore. Her profile is public, she plasters pictures of the kids with "Their New Daddy". She has sent emails to DH saying she has found a better Daddy for her children - one that they deserve. Why she feels she needs to say and do these things? Unfortunately, we cannot answer this. All I know is I might be ahead of schedule on my fitness goals this year than I expected.

stepmomto3bioto1's picture

Just as simply a precautionary thought, I would perhaps start carrying your cell phone for picture evidence & a small can of mace/pepper spray. You may not feel intimanated (which you shouldn't) but ya just never know about these psycho BMs!!! Personally- id bet she's been stalking you & it's crazy that y'all didn't know where she lived and now all if a sudden she lives real close to you. Not a coincidence!!! IMO

Braxton123's picture

This is a aspect factor, but how is the ex-wife stalker permitted to cut off any interaction between your DH and his kids? In ten several weeks he hasn't been able to see them and there has been no lawsuit on his part? I don't get it.

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Megh's picture

The money factor comes in, along with her personality disorder. At this stage the children will need extensive therapy to reintegrate into his life. He may have not seen them in months, but the damage occurred while he was still in the home with them. Their relationship deteriorated years before he was able to leave. While he was working overtime to ensure he was able to afford her spending habits, her crafting hobbies, her need to "treat" all of her friends, and her car she would tell the kids that Daddy thought they were a disappointment when they wouldn't listen to her. That is how she disciplined. On his days off she conveniently had scheduled visits and play dates so she always had to take the kids somewhere. She even planned their birthday parties when he was working so everyone who came would see that "Daddy didn't care". After he left, he could only see them at her house as she put it "to babysit them". Although she had numerous boyfriends as she was trying to find a "Daddy" for her children "that they deserved" once he began seeing me her craziness and manipulative behavior was at it's peak. In the best interest of the children my husband decided that they did not need to be put in the middle of her games. They are happy and he doesn't want to disturb that. He sought legal advice and he could not afford the cost as he still pays her bills as she defaulted on all the loans and credit cards, and the utility bills that were in both their names. As she is on government assistance creditors are not permitted to seek payment from her. His rights as a father who on paper spent 66 hours a week at work and not a lot with the kids when he lived with them doesn't really amount to anything when their Mother can cry on a dime and make believable stories that she was abused by him. (She even has as an awareness ribbon on her bumper that she is a survivor). He pays their health benefits and up to the day we were married he even paid hers. He pays his child support, sends birthday, back to school, Easter and Christmas gifts, mails them letters with self addressed stamped reply envelopes. She doesn't have a phone that he can call them. He is building evidence now. Children do not need to placed in the middle. When the time comes he will be available for them as he is now. We live 300 meters away, his son is old enough to ride his bike across our lawn to get to the skate park by himself...if they want to see him they can walk over an knock on our door. They have been here before, we even have been on our front porch and waved. These children do not need a lawsuit they need therapy.

Braxton123's picture

hmm right she has sent e-mails to DH saying she has discovered a better Father for her kids - one that they are entitled to. Why she seems she needs to say and do these things? Unfortunately, we cannot response this. All I know is I might be before routine on my objectives this season than I predicted.

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Cameron's picture

He delivers them correspondence in proper their grandma and grandpa with self resolved pre-imprinted covers, never any responses. Their wedding was a scary tale, she always used the children to keep him from making before he gradually did. When they did check out she written text him every time he had them.

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