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...to want to never, ever see my step-daughter again as long as I live?

260 replies

IrisMurdoch · 24/01/2011 16:02

The worst thing is...my dp says he doesn't want kids with me because it would be 'too complicated' eg I've had my two kids so I'm OK and my daughter has also told me not to have any more kids! So instead of having a family of my own, I have to put up with his awful children for the rest of time. Anyone been in a similar plight and found a way through? Thanks so much, Iris. Sorry that I sound like a child-hating cow.

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DooinMeCleanin · 24/01/2011 16:24

My Dh is a step parent and I can assure that all step parents do not hate their step children, What a bizzare assumption to make.

Nor do most people just 'tolerate' all children but their own. I love my neices, nbephews and friends children very much and would take in each and every one fo them in a flash if it was required of me.

You really are a piece of work op. I don't blame your partner for not wanting children with you.

IrisMurdoch · 24/01/2011 16:24

Crikey, that lady was right about the 'pasting' thing. I am totally kind and lovely to her at all times, as I should be. I can say she's 'awful' because she IS awful to me.

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IAmReallyFabNow · 24/01/2011 16:24

daughters children

laosvher · 24/01/2011 16:25

That was supposed to quote your whole post, forgot to copy and paste.

I think love grows slowly, especially for children that aren't your own and you are having trouble bonding with. However, you sound like you don't want to make the effort, and want them rid from yours and your DPs life.

curlymama · 24/01/2011 16:25

Of course you can't critisize her!! Shock

If my DH started critisizing my dc, he would be out the door with his knob next to his navel!

You sound vile. Maybe you shouldn't leave him, you are obviously too selfish to put a childs needs before your own, but he should certainly leave you.

No doubt you manipulate him to within an inch of his life though.

I wonder why the sd doesn't like you? Hmm

Bogeyface · 24/01/2011 16:25

She is 11, and if you feel threatened by an 11 year old then you have the problem not her! She is AWFUL to me, in what way? So far all you have said is that she wont catch your eye or interact with you. That isnt awful behaviour!

IrisMurdoch · 24/01/2011 16:26

I adore my niece and nephew, but that's because they're lovely, pleasant children who are able to communicate and aren't unkind and frosty.

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2blessed2bstressed · 24/01/2011 16:26

OP - I was going to say I could possibly see where you were coming from ... but that's because I was imagining a difficult young woman of 16+ who was physically and verbally abusive. But then you said she was 11. You're on your own now, sorry!

Sassybeast · 24/01/2011 16:26

I hope he dumps you. And the fact that he doesn't want to have kids with you bodes well for the fact that he will dump you and spend time mending whatever difficulties he is experiencing with HIS child.

MmeLindt · 24/01/2011 16:26

Well, tbh, you did word your OP so that a pasting was inevitable.

You say that you never want to see your DSD again. That she is awful.

Many posters have step-children and are going to react badly to your OP. Or have step-parents.

cantspel · 24/01/2011 16:27

children arn't idoits you might be nice to her face but i will lay money on the fact she knows how you really feel.

Do ther bloke and his daughter a favour and break off this relationship.

Bucharest · 24/01/2011 16:27

Ok, leaving aside for the moment the fact that you're being vile about children, I do understand that it's him you want and not his children.

I've said before on step-threads (and I speak as a step-daughter myself with a step-mother and a late step-father) I have nothing but admiration for women and men who do manage to love their partner's children. I just don't like children enough, generally speaking, some I like, some I don't, so for me personally, to discover a man had children already, would be the deal-breaker and have me heeling it off into the mountains.

You have to decide if you want this man at all costs, or not. If you want him, then you get his daughter. And you're going to have to try and make that work. You are the adult here, not her. It's part of her job description to be tantrummy and stroppy about her Dad having another woman. You are going to have to make the effort above and beyond.

I wouldn't take on board too much the thing about her telling her Dad not to have any more children. She'd probably have said that even if it was her own mother. That's just another typical stroppy 11 yr old thing to say, isn't it? (babies=sex=mum and dad having sex=gross)

He has children, you have a child. Do you want another child? Does he? Because whether she wants him to have one or not is not that relevant.

Ormirian · 24/01/2011 16:27

Sorry to go off on a tangent but curlymama "If my DH started critisizing my dc, he would be out the door with his knob next to his navel! "?? What? Grin

DooinMeCleanin · 24/01/2011 16:27

Again if this is how you feel about how can you expect her to be anything other than frosty? She is a child not an eejit.

She could be shy. She could still be upset by her parents seperation, she could feel threatened by you.

As a grown woman the onus is on you to make an effort.

Bogeyface · 24/01/2011 16:28

They arent unkind and frosty

How childish!

"she doesnt talk to me so I never want to see her ever again"....did we take a wrong turn and end up in the playground?

Grow up! YOu are the adult here but are acting like you are being victimised by a child!

LtEveDallas · 24/01/2011 16:28

"My point is, do any stepmothers actually LOVE their partner's children"

Yes. Next question?

HarkTheDragonIsAYoungChicken · 24/01/2011 16:28

YES some people love there step children i bloody do, and you know what because i love her im allowed to criticize her, The reason your DP wont let you is because you obviously have a hugeee problem with her.

Split up with him!!!!!

JamieLeeCurtis · 24/01/2011 16:29

OP we can't read your mind, you know. You come on and say very little in your OP, then start justifying yourself in later posts, again with very little info.

When you include the phrase "strange and unsettling" to describe an 11 year old, you are likely to get jumped on.

AIBU wasn't the right place to post this, either, probably

jonicomelately · 24/01/2011 16:29

She can't look you in the eye because she hates you and I don't blame her

bratnav · 24/01/2011 16:31

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IrisMurdoch · 24/01/2011 16:31

Thanks curlymama, you have really added to the great sum of human understanding with your comments.

Why can't you criticise a child to his/her parent? Maybe it would do her some good to be told to be nicer to people, not to be unpleasant to her brother, not to walk off when Daddy's attention falls away from her for two seconds, not to nitpick everything grwon ups say and disagree with them?

I'm not threatened by her, I just find her company unpleasant. She would never know that in a million years. There is a difference.

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IAmReallyFabNow · 24/01/2011 16:31

She probably knows you don't like her so doesn't see why she should be nice to you.

Lulumaam · 24/01/2011 16:31

IrisMurdoch Mon 24-Jan-11 16:26:05
I adore my niece and nephew, but that's because they're lovely, pleasant children who are able to communicate and aren't unkind and frosty.

so you have no notion of unconditional love? you will stop loving your child when she is a hormonal teenager?

look at yourself, long and hard

FanellaFidge · 24/01/2011 16:31

Oh.

Oh dear.

curlymama · 24/01/2011 16:31

Orm, I meant that would be after I had kicked it hard enough! Sorry! Grin

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