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Am I being undermined by family & should my own & my childrens relationship with my Dad be conditional?

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StaySaneBeBonkers · 04/02/2021 18:21

Should my Dad be making my & my childrens relationship with him conditional to us having contact with his wife who is jealous & controlling? Big falling out with her & I refuse to allow her selfish controlling ways that have impacted & limited my relationship with my dad over many years to continue with his grandchildren.

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LolaSmiles · 05/02/2021 16:53

My siblings are all highly paid professionals (whom I'm proud of for their achievements) but have completely lost all moral compass & become nodding dogs. Very sad
Nodding dogs, or have had a childhood with a rubbish dad, accepted that if he was rubbish in childhood he's not going to be a saint in adulthood, and have reached peace and a level of boundaries and engagement that they are happy with?

If you want to die on a hill then that's your choice, but don't criticise others for not going down with you.

StaySaneBeBonkers · 05/02/2021 16:54

Lyralalala - you make me chuckle. Anyway I think we've all spent long enough on this exhasperating subject (good job were all in lockdown with not much better to do) & I have a friend who's a teacher who has been really shocked by my familys behaviour too. In fact many many people looking on & have seen attitudes & subsequent behaviours. Their all people from functional families with normal healthy perspectives & they far outweigh these rogue family members that seemingly outnumber me. The same faulty genes me finks!!!! Anyway this is my last post & am going to get back to having a life again now I've had my therapy & get back to my children. Soent way too long on my phone. Will delete this app now as my phone keeps bleeping & encouraging me back on heehee. Take care.

OP posts:
lyralalala · 05/02/2021 16:56

Yes, head back to a life where all the people you have around you (apparently) agree with you all the time. That’s such a healthy way to live...

Chimpfield · 05/02/2021 17:00

OP you really are a goody nasty piece of work, for all your dads faults I feel sorry for him... you sound deranged.

Chimpfield · 05/02/2021 17:01

Should read goady

Ethelfromnumber73 · 05/02/2021 17:04

@lyralalala

Yes, head back to a life where all the people you have around you (apparently) agree with you all the time. That’s such a healthy way to live...
Except the ones who don't, who are all immoral arseholes and 100% wrong. So much drama.
3rdNamechange · 05/02/2021 17:34

@lyralalala

When everyone except you is in the wrong then it’s really time to start looking in the mirror very closely
Exactly this. While you've got time on your hands not seeing your family, brush up on your spelling and grammar , especially paragraphs.
Vivi0 · 05/02/2021 17:41

@StaySaneBeBonkers

Lyralalala - you make me chuckle. Anyway I think we've all spent long enough on this exhasperating subject (good job were all in lockdown with not much better to do) & I have a friend who's a teacher who has been really shocked by my familys behaviour too. In fact many many people looking on & have seen attitudes & subsequent behaviours. Their all people from functional families with normal healthy perspectives & they far outweigh these rogue family members that seemingly outnumber me. The same faulty genes me finks!!!! Anyway this is my last post & am going to get back to having a life again now I've had my therapy & get back to my children. Soent way too long on my phone. Will delete this app now as my phone keeps bleeping & encouraging me back on heehee. Take care.
You keep going on about your “family’s behaviour”, but are utterly blind to your own.

Good luck OP.

And good job passing your grudges and issues onto your children 👍🏻

Oldbutstillgotit · 05/02/2021 17:48

How do you know your SM stopped your Dad paying maintenance?
I am a SM to adult DC and I can assure you that my DH would not tolerate such appalling behaviour if his DC behaved like you .
But the worst bit about all this is how you are involving your young DC . Stop. Get therapy . Please.

CorvusPurpureus · 05/02/2021 17:50

Honestly OP - you either want a relationship with your father - warts, wife & all - or you don't. Either is fine, but if you don't like him very much, let it go & move on.

My XFIL was a very charming elderly gent when I met him. He had, however, been a bit of a shit as a husband (serial cheat) & father (feckless).

He eventually, after huge dramas, settled down very happily with wife #3, after causing huge embuggerance to wives #1 & #2 & their children.

For the 5dc he'd had in his first two marriages, opinions varied. 2 were very amicable with wife#3 & have an ongoing relationship with her, 1 was absolutely determined to have fuck all to do with her & caused huge family rows about it, & 2 were polite enough to her at family events but have very pointedly had nothing to do with her since XFIL died.

XFIL has been dead for a decade now, & no one cares who fell out with whom. 2 of his dc are friendly with his widow & 3 are not. I was married to one of the friendly dc & vaguely keep in touch with her on SM as she's interested in my own dc's doings.

I do know that the 1dc who made rowing with the guy's wife, to whom he was very contentedly married, a huge focus - well, they missed out on time with their (admittedly flawed) df.

Go no contact with your dad because he was a terrible dad, if you want to. But his wife is not going anywhere. So you either accept that or don't - you aren't in a position to fling ultimatums, & your siblings are not answerable to you either.

MyVikingLife · 05/02/2021 19:57

OP it’s you. But it’s pretty clear from your replies on this thread you will never see that. It’s like you’re in America on an episode of Dr Phil, where viewers watch the crazy nutter on screen for entertainment. That’s you. You are behaving in a seriously weird and unhinged way. You need some mental health counseling because your kids are going to follow the same crazy pattern.

applestamper · 05/02/2021 21:22

Oh my goodness, it's easily a couple of years since you first posted about these issues OP, and your level of vitriol is still the same. Please thing about getting some help for them.

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