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Do not read if you're a stepmum hater, you'll hate me even more ....

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betteroffwithouthim · 21/07/2017 15:52

We usually have OH's children EOW and two days in the week. This is a long term arrangement that works relatively well.

Their mother works approx. 12 hours per week and is essentially a bone idle, entitled moaning old witch who will find any excuse to feel the victim. She is “exhausted” and has asked us to have the kids extra in the school holidays so she can have a rest! WTAF, both me and OH work long full time hours. Both children are teenagers and more than capable of looking after themselves for a few hours whilst she works. They will be bored stupid at ours but we’ve had far too many rows for me to argue anymore. OH has argued that its his parental responsibility to look after them extra in the holidays and that’s the end of that.

Anyway, we have them for 7 nights out of the next 8, with them supposed to be going back to their mother for one evening. She has “misunderstood” and has made plans for that night, meaning we have them for 8 nights. We hadn’t made plans, we were just going to enjoy not having the children around for one night.

OH is a spineless wanker at times and won’t go back to her and argue the point. I want to shout and scream but instead I’ll post on here.

I know i'll get flamed to death but need to air this here rather than in real life when it'll end up in a horrible row.

OP posts:
indigox · 25/07/2017 23:44

I think both parents should be forced to have the children half the time whether they like it or not.

I wouldn't be sending my child to somewhere he was being forced upon someone.

ThinkOfTheHorses · 26/07/2017 01:31

Maybe focus on how unwanted these kids must feel with everyone arguing over who has them or not rather than the mums incompetence ... I've been that kid - shoved from house to house with everyone seeming to want a day off and it is not fun.

ThinkOfTheHorses · 26/07/2017 01:36

Also you made the choice to be with their dad so all this 'they're not my kids' malarkey is BS .... they come as a package

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