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I think i'm going to leave town for Thanksgiving...just because i'm sick of it all.

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So with all that's going on-I'm seriously thinking i might fly down to my brothers in TX for Thanksgiving-just fly thu am and return friday...it doesn't cost me a penny to travel because of my benefits, and flights don't look bad.
I'm just really needing to be around my family right now with all that's going on.

BF is not a planner at all, and the plans to his parents are all 'iffy in the air' as usual...he knows my parents are out of town and my brother/sil are w/her family. I have no $ to make a dinner at home...i could ask ex if he wants to have them if he has plans but as of yesterday he wasnt sure. At least we'd have a good meal at my brothers.

I missed him like crazy yesterday-he did too...of course he bragged how SD won the game for the team w/her goal...
they wanted to come watch the walking dead, i told him i was in a bad mood but if the thought it would be low key to come over for a cpl hrs. No different...sd starts instigating wrestling w/the boys -finally they calmed down to watch movie..I had already grabbed sofa before they came over so him/i can sit together-so she takes waht normally is my youngest sons spot AND the dog of course. Towards the end my oldest starts getting annoying w/me-put his foot up tapping my arm-I told him loud and clear NO, I'm with Kyle right now I haven't seen him in two days so give us some space please. He does...but not 60 sec later when show finishes she gets up and gets on other end of sofa and lays her head on his lap sucking her thumb...gahhhh, I get up and go in my room and slam the door. Of course she then instigates a late night tag game, to which I start yelling and they left.

He was hoping she might snooze off-i'd send boys to bed and we could have a few intimate moments-didn't happen-i huffed and said, well maybe we can pencil in next week (hint-when she's gone)...I also huffed about 'one big happy family' about him going to games and all the ex's family and ex there. He at some point tells me he might want to coach next year...WTF???? Even MORE time away for SD.

He knows i'm pouting because we NEVER get intimate when she's visiting...and of course she TELLS me that she's there till thursday...and thu afternoon is going to coachs' house and their her moms family...but then of COURSE she's coming back to bf's parents so of course that means she's staying till Friday.
I don't know that I can do this anymore-why is it HE can make visitation plans that dont' include me at all even though they affect me and our relationship all the time?

Then damn it i'm going to start making plans w/out consulting HIM at all and doing my own damn thing.

This is headed towards the end I think-i can't do this..i dont' have it in me-i can't bond, i dislike her, i can't stand all the time/energy drained every time she's aroudn or the drama surrounding her/bm/bf/his parents.

I watched how he was cooking a snack for them that he brought-all the kids and him in the kitchen and for a moment it felt so nice to watch them, and I kept feeling sad -how come i can't enjoy a 'family moment'...my resentment is huge, i don't like who I am now, i'm not this angry/jealous/resentful/bitter person-how did it get this bad?

I can certainly not have her at my house and i have most of this time-but then i dont' see him at all. He's focused on being dad of the year now, and he can't multitask being a good father and boyfriend.

I dont' want to start over, i'm too old, too many things against me to find a good guy, childless guy, i dont' want to be alone either, i love him, but i'm miserable unhappy because of SD and BM and his catering to them. I want out and I don't also....i think another 8 yrs of this crap? It might be 3yrs before realistically we can marry....i want a family now. To start over? For my kids to be torn again from the only stability they know-what if a new guy hates them? At least he loves them and they love him, and he loves me and i love him...and thats hard to find.

I'm not sure disengaging is working for me-somewhat...but again just a cpl hrs at my house and i woke up this am super early w/racing angry thoughts in my head towards him and sd. I'm so stuck....

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overit2's picture

And add two crazy dreams-two nights ago I dreamt that I was cheating on him with an old friend from childhood-guy and i never hooked up but there was chemistry..he's married now and in another country so no thought there, i think its just because i feel so neglected and not included in any plans and the future seems so bleak.

Then last night I dreamt I was pregnant and went to a checkup, my kids were there,bf was there my best friend was there, my mom....I realized i was in labor and i turn around and i cant find him anywhere....somebody said he was back watching Sd.....I felt so ALONE, so afraid, so hurt, that even a moment like that SD would be the priority.

I think this is just boiling over that I feel like im' loosing him and he's not there anymore, feeling neglected and unimportant.

alwaysanxious's picture

I think you are having the same trouble I did when I first started disengaging. Even though I wanted to be away from them, I still felt rejected and abandoned. Its really your mind set. You have to get out of the "poor me" mode. -i don't mean that to sound harsh- I just mean that we start letting ourselves feel weak and vulnerable because of all THEIR drama.

Then we make bad choices for ourselves. Trying to go out with them, trying to put up with stuff we clearly do not like nor should have to. Its so hard to emotionally disengage. You feel like he is constantly picking her over you. I wish I could tell you how NOT to feel that way. I have done it too and sometimes still do. I think I finally just go to point where I cannot compromise myself anymore. I didn't feel like me and that became important.

Go spend time with your family for thanksgiving. I think it will do some good for you to get more physical space. Right now, its like they are dangled like a carrot in front of you and you are wanting to be around him. You need to get away from them and him all together. Plus your family and that familiarity helps you remember the old you.

overit2's picture

You all are lifesavers...i guess it is middle ground. I'm trying to focus and not lean 'outside' this relationship right now-which would be extremely easy to do.

It angered me so much because she just heard me say i wanted personal space w/him to my son...it was like it was on purpose.

I have to get to full disengagement-but it IS hard emotionally because disengaging also means not having him around...i'm not used to that, we used to spend nearly every darn day together and a lot of focus on our relationship...

I know it will get harder even, because two weeks of christmas break i'm POSITIVE she will be w/him the entire time-so then i get to be miserable, lonely and angry for Christmas break too!

Just pissed me off...anyways-on my way home to my kids because unlike selfish BM I take days off to take care of the kids i had signed up for custody of......

alwaysanxious's picture

Yep, you are used to your routine with SO. Its going to take time to adjust, and the holidays don't help, but you will adjust. You just need a new routine. A new "normal". Its almost like grieving for what you had. You have had a lot of changes lately because you put your foot down. AND you were right to put your foot down. Give yourself time, but don't give in.

you will be ok. I promise.

hismineandours's picture

Cant you just tell her to piss off? In a nice, adult manner of course. She is 11 years old-she does not need to be stuck up your so's arse all the time. When my ss used to visit-I had no problem telling him to go find something to do. I guess it might be harder if they are at YOUR house and she has no room to go into-however I am assuming you do. Why dont you and your man cuddle up in bed and watch a movie? Let the little angel lounge around on the couch and watch tv in the living area. To me this help separates the adults from the kids. Kids do not need to be entertained 24/7 nor should they be. Give her a book and tell her to read it. Your so should be focused on raising a self-sufficient, independent adult not one who sux her thumb.

My experience is that there are a lot of men who just dont know what to do with these kids. My dh does fine with our kids-the ones that live full time in our home-but when ss would come visit it was like he just didn't know what to do. He wanted to plan fun activities so ss would enjoy his time with us-but sorry, that's not real life. You cant have fun 24/7. It was like HE truly thought of ss as a visitor and well, everyone knows you cant have people over to visit and then just let them do their own thing, right? But you must sit with them, wait on them, entertain them, etc the whole time they are present-no wonder everyone is so exhausted.