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A complete sh*t show

TrueNorth77's picture

My SO and I got back from an amazing, glorious, 12 days in Italy, where neither of us wanted to come home, to a complete sh*t show where I now hate my job situation so much I've started applying for new positions, my SO's Job got extremely stressful, we are both on edge, and to top it off we have skids for 12 days in a row, and it's all just a bit much. 
 

The kicker happened last night. My SO is currently on day shift, and he leaves before all of us. SD10 takes meds 3 times a day, one at 8am, although she has to take them a little earlier, before she leaves for school. In summer, I go I to work early, so SS reminds her to take the meds, with my SO even texting reminders. One day she still didn't take it, so now my SO put the meds right on the kitchen island where you can't miss it. Now that I'm going in to work at 8, I tell SD to come take her meds "right now". Not "hey don't forget to take your meds"....I make her come Into the kitchen and take them. We never have to actually watch her take them, she just does it. Yesterday I told her to come take them, she came into the kitchen, and I was busy packing my lunch. I was in the garage last night painting a cabinet when my SO got home with skids, and he came into the garage and yelled at me that I need to make sure she is taking her meds, she didn't take them that morning and then told Crazy that she "hadn't taken them in the morning in days" (which is absolutely not true), and he got a ton of messages on The Family Wizard from Crazy saying SD hadn't taken her meds and she was going to "do whatever she needed to do to protect her", which most likely means getting CPS involved AGAIN, and it was going to turn Into a whole thing. I let him cool down a bit, then came Into the house and told him there is no need to yell at me for it, I'm not a child. He got all worked up again, and I said I can't help it your daughter decided not to listen to me, but she actually got up and came Into the kitchen when I told her to take her meds, I can't even fathom why she wouldn't have taken them. Or why she would lie and say she hadn't taken them in days, except that her new thing is to exaggerate about everything to make stories more dramatic. My SO must have lit into SD pretty hard and sent her to bed early, and he also took her phone. SS13 also made himself scarce.
 

SO and I went to bed not talking after he mentioned how he wrote Crazy and said she wasn't following the new communication guidelines (she went off on a crazy tangent, he didn't tell me all that she said), and he told her she couldn't even follow the new guidelines that were written. I told him to just respond "Contempt of Court", then he went on and on about how nothing would happen, the courts would never do anything about it, he KNOWS that, he's dealt with them, blah blah blah. I told him he doesn't know everything about court and he's never even tried to file for a violation of a court order, which he argued again that he knows nothing would happen. He said he would be giving SD her meds himself before he goes to work from now on since he "can't trust anyone". Fine by me! I never asked to be in charge of this crap! We just gave up and went to bed not talking. 
 

This morning I heard him yell at SD again, and I was just livid at her and the whole situation, because I'm sure I will have to talk to CPS again, and it's all because she didn't listen, and then lied, and why would she tell Crazy that anyway??? I opened the fridge and see the package of tortillas sitting wide open....i have told SD approximately 100 times to close them or they will get hard (i told her twice yesterday) and she didn't do it again.  I snapped. I yelled at her to close them, then asked her why she didn't take her meds yesterday when I told her to, and why she lied to her mom? She said she didn't know. I actually got teary and said she had no idea what she did- her mom sent her dad a ton of messages, CPS will probably get involved and I will have to talk to them, all because she didn't listen and then lied. I told her that I know she thinks it's cute to exaggerate stories, but it's not, and now this is a huge deal. I said I am so mad, and left. 
 

Now a b*tch I work with just decided to copy our bosses boss on an email to point out that I made a mistake (I put the wrong account number on something on accident- big deal). She went out of her way to add him back on the email to show that I made the mistake. I hate these bitches I work with, and I don't even want to deal with another debacle with Crazy. 
 

gah!!! 

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tog redux's picture

Can she take them at school? If the doctor gives permission, the nurse might be able to give them.

Anyway, my SS lied about everything all the time. DH was forever getting long email manifestos about what a horrible parent he was, all based on SS's lies. Now that I have distance from it, I think it was an act of self-preservation more than anything else - a way to align himself with BM so she wouldn't think he was a traitor to the other side.

Your SO is right though - court is a lot of money for nothing, especially for something as minor as not following the communication guidelines.

TrueNorth77's picture

She does take afternoon meds at school already. They just try to keep as little responsibility off the school as possible, since the nurse is not the one to administer them. It falls to the teachers and SD, which, really shouldn't be more reliable than at home...

Jcksjj's picture

This is a cause for disengagement to me. Your DH is treating you like you're her mother and responsible for her when you're not. 

TrueNorth77's picture

Agreed. He was all, "I'm going to give them to her before I leave for work from now on, that's just the way it's going to be. I'm serious". With this look that implied he was punishing me somehow. Like I care! I just said....um, ok, fine with me...  You do you SO, that works out better for me! 

Jcksjj's picture

Hahaha my DH did that to me occasionally at first too. Tried to use her against me like him and BM I would assume did to eachother. Things like "I dont feel comfortable having you around my kid if you're like that" (when it was a totally reasonable response I had to something he did) and I replied okay I better not be then. And another time we got in a fight and he send something about how he was taking her with him and I just said "oh darn i really wanted her here" very sarcastically. I think that was the last time. 

ITB2012's picture

that he cannot express to his ex (because he knows she will make life difficult/he's afraid) onto you instead of handling himself.

tog redux's picture

Good solution then - shouldn't have been your job in the first place, and if she's going to fight it, then forget it.

Ispofacto's picture

I think it's great that he is going to take charge of his kid from now on.

But no, he cannot correct BM.  It will not work.  He can go Low Contact, but he can't force her to stop being an ahole.

 

 

TrueNorth77's picture

I think threats to enforce the communication rules of the CO are fun though! That's the least he can do. *blum3*

susanm's picture

You have to decide how much you want to check out here.  There is a very simple way that you can forever and always rempve yourself from this issue.  It is highly accurate and true but will likely do damage unless your DH is a man of logic and emotional strength.  I personally would take it.  "DH, I did not create a child that requires this level of medical intervention.  You and her mother did,  I am willing to assist you with her but you do not appear to want my help.  You are now on your own.  Best of luck to you."

TrueNorth77's picture

The second the words "he couldn't trust anyone" came out of his mouth, this all became his problem. He can give her the meds. He can remind her. I will not. I know the messages from Crazy were ranting about me being with skids in the morning but not "making sure she took her meds", even though I did what we always do, and she just didn't take them for whatever reason. So somehow I'm the one at fault here. The fault can lie solely with him from here on out, cause I'm out. I relinquish all medical duties unless SD is literally dying in front of me, I will perform CPR and save the day, because I'm also a hero when need be. *dons cape* Lol.