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Would you be pissed off with this?

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Twocatsonebaby · 06/03/2018 15:01

So Sunday, myself, my dd (who's 11 months) and my dp were invited to a family meal on my dad's side.
So I don't get on with them very well. Mainly because they've out casted me my whole life cause I'm not into their boozy football culture. There's been unequal treatment as well between me and my brother (brother died in 2015) but they always gave him cards and money for birthdays etc. Nothing for me. An Infront of me. Which is fine. I have my mom's side who are wonderful. But you don't do that to a child. So they're awful people just for how they treated my mom. My dad is always in the right. My brother hung himself when he was 11, (i found him in time) an my mom was in the wrong for staying in a camped with him every night and my dad buggared off to ibiza the next day. My mom got so much stick for no reason. My grandparents took me in as my dad's girlfriend at the time refused to have me. She abused us and he let it happen. But you know, he's still a 'great dad' yeah.. Right.

So I really thought after db died, things were patched up and I've still made the effort to see them etc. I've tried. I got nothing out of it.
So surprise, I'm pregnant. Heavily pregnant and I found out late. An Sunday all they did was say how fat I was. Bear it in mind, they know I'm pregnant. They ignored me, dp and our dd all day unless they wanted to use dd as a photo prop. Else wise they didn't bother apart from one.
My cousins child is 7. An she bullied our dd and it hasn't been the first time, all be it dd doesn't realise thankfully. We bought toys for dd and she snatched them from her repeatedly and ripped them out her hands and mouth at one point. Referred to her as "it". Wanted her on her lap to drop her. (dp was quick to get her) all because she wasn't the center of attention. At Christmas dd had some presents and this kid took them from her as she was playing making dd cry. I had to do something so I took the toys off her and gave them back to dd.

So Facebook, they too photos of Sunday and cropped me out. My mom even commented about my disappearance. They like my dp so he was in them. An all the photos of my dd were up. Without permission to be used as a prop.
Then there's a comment. " was so good with her dd today" and underneath my cousin said "apart from when she kept calling her it." and then the previous commenter said "no she was wonderful with her. Future babysitter"

So I saw this today. An I'm fucking furious. I planned to cut them out anyway. But this has really pissed me off the fact they allowed her to act like this towards my dd and act all happy families. Not to mention the comments to me about being heavily pregnant.

Then my dad messaged me on the night telling me I'm unreasonable for not taking dd around to see them more!
Am I right to be pissed?

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Twocatsonebaby · 06/03/2018 15:44

I honestly don't know why I've wanted acceptance from them for all these years. Including my dad. Especially when they make me feel the way I do. But right now I can say I made the effort when they all say I never have and its my fault. (not true) and I can say that dd has met them if she ever asks about them. An now I can cut them out. I'm done. I'm done with looking for the acceptance and done with trying to be apart of this family. Db was close to them and he was my world. I loved my brother so much and I miss him terribly, but keeping it together and continuing to bother with them just because of db passing isn't good enough anymore. Especially with my dad. Admittedly, he's a lot better with me now, I don't bother with him first.
As soon as ds is born and dp isn't a temp, we're moving, but that was the original plan anyway to move to a better area. Here was practical for work at the time and a good solution for all of us.

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Twocatsonebaby · 06/03/2018 15:45

@toomanypaws, I was coming to this. But will they know I've requested them to be taken down? Not that I'm bothered but if they did know my dad would come raging at me which i don't need 37 weeks pregnant :/ I could say dp asked Facebook to take them down?

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AcrossthePond55 · 06/03/2018 15:57

Honestly, you need to move. As long as you're living in your dad's house, even if you are paying market rent, he has a 'hold' over you. And he knows it. You'll never be able to completely cut yourself off from these vile people as long as he has that 'power' to evict you or walk into your home whenever he wishes because 'it's his house'. I don't care if it's a 10 bedroom mansion and you'd have to move to a 2 bedroom flat. Some things are just not worth the emotional cost. This is one of those things.

In essence, you are also trapped into having these people in your life as long as you're living in his house, too, because he will hold it over your head to get you to visit them. Again, not worth it.

Find a new place to live ASAP. Then cut the whole lot of them out of your lives. Better no family at all than one who treats you badly. Do you have maternal relatives to be close to? Even if not, you can build a wonderful family out of your friends. Family is not about 'blood', it is about people who love and care about you.

AcrossthePond55 · 06/03/2018 15:58

Xpost with you, OP. Glad you have plans to get out and cut them out!

Orangecake123 · 06/03/2018 16:00

Cut them out and don't look back - they sound vile.

Congrats on the baby!

Twocatsonebaby · 06/03/2018 16:01

I really want to move. Desperately. I want to move closer to my mom but this was a really quick thing. We went for a flat but by the time the survey came back, it needed 150k for repairs which weren't safe while I was almost due dd. My dad was renting his home out so we took it as a quick thing. 4 weeks after dd was born but we won't be here forever. In the next year if dp can secure this job we're going. I hate the hold. I hate getting his post still and I hate him dropping round. I was honestly thinking of getting ds birth out the way with and going on the council

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HotelEuphoria · 06/03/2018 16:01

I don't get why you bother either. There is absolutely nothing in it for you at all.

Twocatsonebaby · 06/03/2018 16:05

I think I just wanted family and for us to stick together after db. But it isn't worth it.

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pasturesgreen · 06/03/2018 16:11

This is fucked up in so many ways I don't know where to begin.

Move. Move out of that house as soon as you can. Cut ties with that side of the family.

doubtingmyself18 · 06/03/2018 16:13

Tell them to fuck right off and never contact you again!

AcrossthePond55 · 06/03/2018 22:22

Well, just make your plans in the meantime. Have DH start applying for other jobs, maybe near your mum. Talk to the council about getting housing (I'm in the US so no idea how this works). Investigate all possibilities for getting out of that house.

Sometimes just making plans helps emotionally, even if they can't be acted on right away. It's just the idea that you're doing something, iyswim.

SunshineAfterRain · 06/03/2018 22:35

I can't get over the part they cropped you out of the photos. Shock
How bloody cruel
You and dp will soon have two beautiful wee ones to shower all your love on.
Good luck when baby boy comes Flowers

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