Ss coming on holiday.. So disappointed
It will be last (and only holiday) before baby is due. Bil has hired a boat in France for 3 days. Me and dh are going basically to bring and babysit elderly fil who has early onset dementia and is hard work at the moment. I only agreed to holiday because I wanted fil to get away in the sun for a few days and without us he would not have been able to travel alone (bil and his wife are staying for longer). I will be over 7 months pregnant at this stage. But dh assured me I could get some sun , chill with a book have some good food and while fil is there it will be a bit of a break (me and dh do 99% of the caring for him). Dh also assured me that we could have dinner by ourselves one evening in one of the French towns and was really looking forward to it. Dh and I never get a. Holiday away, we have been able to afford 3 days in Germany over the whole 5 years we have been together. And this is last one before baby comes.
Anyway it was sprang on me today that due to another couple cancelling Ss12 has now been invited. Dh at least spoke to me about it before mentioning it to ss. Feel like I'm in a no win situation. He will demand all of dh time as he will be the only child there, with no Xbox etc. the thoughts of it want to make me cry. Plus when we land me , dh, fil and dh cousin will be renting a car and now with ss I will be sat in the back of the car, 7 months pregnant with 2 other people in the back (elderly fil will need to sit up front). I feel like such a bitch when dh said it to me I just mentioned that he has a whole camping holiday planned for just him and ss. I just wanted to have these few days even though elderly fil and bil would be there too. Maybe it's the hormones but just so upset and already feeling trapped the thoughts of being on this boat with them all. But know I kind of have to say yes or I'll be the wicked stepmother otherwise. Eugh was really looking forward to a bit of sun since I live in a country with very little of it I'm really trying to pick my battles with dh at the moment because we are currently moving into a 3 bed house and dh wants ss to have the double room and for baby to go into the box room where there's only room for a cot. Never mind ss is only here one night a week and has no stuff here (he just travels with a bag) and baby has crib changing table etc. I keep saying to dh how about when baby moves into his own room and I'm going to be in there nursing, trying to get him off to sleep while a double room is sitting empty and I'm in a room where you can't swing a cat. Ss spends no time in his room anyway apart from playing his Xbox. I am feeling seriously frustrated now, must be the pregnancy hormones and damned kidney infection boo
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Usually I would suck it up
Usually I would suck it up and drink a heap of French cheap wine to get me through the 3 days but can't even do that now
You hit the nail on the head
You hit the nail on the head here Sally. With dh being preoccupied with ss I will prob end up doing even more for fil who doesn't stop telling the same stories over and over again. I love my fil and I'm happy to look after him but I am working full time right up until the baby is born I want to use these 3 days to do some relaxing too
I have realized that no
I have realized that no matter what you do, a stepmother is portrayed as the evil stepmother. When the little preciouses do not get everything they want when God forbid stepmother wants something for herself, for example a skid free vacation. It is not like skid isn't getting a vacation alone with dad.
I used to give in, but when I had my own bios with dh, mamma bear came out. No one but me has their absolute best interest in mind, so they come first to me. If skid is there once a week, he would get smaller room.
Thanks this is really good
Thanks this is really good advice . I guess he thinks it's u fair to ss who literally needs a bed , TV and Xbox. Of course I'm the evil steomother giving baby everything and depriving poor ss }:) and that's how it will be seen if I say no to ss coming. Even though they are going away for their own weekend camping and doing man things soon
I agree with your statement
I agree with your statement that men don't see or ever appreciate the sacrifices that we do for their kids. It almost as if they expect us to treat their bios as our own. When they are not ours.
I fell in love with my dh, I don't have unconditional love for skids or even dh. If dh had an affair on me, relationship over. If dh ever hurt me, relationship over. It is conditional.
If my dh died or we separated, the fact is that I would never see the skids again. . I will always love my bios, nephews, etc. but the love for a skid is the definition of conditional.
Can I come? France, boat,
Can I come? France, boat, nice. Find your Zen. Don't let Ss come and don't be the defacto Grandpa wrangler. Be nice to fil, he's on a scary ass journey himself. There are others that can watch him.
Choose your words wisely !
Choose your words wisely ! Make it about him.
" DH, do you really want to add more stress for yourself? You will already be looking after FIL and I won't be much help at this stage of my pregnancy. And is it really fair to drag poor SS on an 'adult' trip? Won't he get bored with no other kids and none of his things he likes to do? I was looking forward to a bit of relaxing and you deserve it too."
Manipulative? YES but possibly effective without making you the evil SM.
I'd refuse to go. Let your
I'd refuse to go. Let your DH reimburse you for the plane ticket and you spend that money on a spa day or a little overnight with your girlfriends. Let him take SS and FIL and deal with both of them alone.
Absolutely assinine that he'd want to include SS on the trip.