I am with a lovely man with lovely kids who I get on well with(divorced for some time) we moved in together quite recently. Kids come first we always said although mine are older and at Uni and we see very little of them other than holidays. We have his teenage girls every weekend except the ones he has to work - no time to ourselves ever, plus in the week he either picks them up from school and feeds them or takes them out for tea - basically looking after them four nights a week as she wont let them come home when she is working late, surely this is shared residence? Instead he pays full maintenance because they don't sleep at ours for all of those nights. Everything with his ex is a complete battle - Christmas (she has to have the key dates) , holidays etc (she went away three times a year with new partner) ; she spends no time with them but is constantly the victim and is disrespectful to him in front of the kids. Do I just need to get over it and accept things as they are. I tried to be the grown up and be civil but really starting to get to me. He has been battling with her for years and just wants to make it easier for the kids. But it is driving me CRAZY...
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