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To want SD’s to share a room?

573 replies

jopejob511 · 03/11/2022 12:14

DS is almost 20 and in his 2nd year of uni. He struggled during the first year but managed to get through it. This year, he's been struggling but agreed to stay and I went to visit him a few times. A few days ago was the anniversary of his dads death (12 years ago, not recently but obviously it's still affected him) which seems to have hit him hard as expected. He called me last night crying saying he wants to come home so I agreed at the weekend ill go and get him.

The issue is his room, he sleeps in it when he's here but when away SD(12) sleeps in it as she doesn't want to share with her sister (7), they come here every other week and stay for the week. The issue is they're also coming this Sunday. DP has said I'm BU for wanting them to share and DS is almost 20 so if he can't cope in uni he should find somewhere else to stay, for example a hotel. I've told him I don't expect him to do that as this is his home we then argued about how this is also SD’s home etc.

Was I bu?

OP posts:
SafferUpNorth · 04/11/2022 11:34

I will tell him to leave whilst DS is here, but I'm not sure what to do if he refuses

OP, this line in your post of last night is the big red flag.

Supporting your son is your number one priority right now. It's your house. Whayt you say, goes. If your partner has the gall to refuse, it shows just how much of a cocklodger he is, and he needs to be told to pack his bags for good.

ReneBumsWombats · 04/11/2022 11:50

What would you do if any person who didn’t have any ownership of your home refused to leave?

WhosafraidofVirginiaWoolf · 04/11/2022 11:55

Did your partner have his DD's 50/50 whilst staying with a family member OP or did he stop paying maintenance once he moved in with you?

Does he pay his fair share of outgoings?

Does he do his fair share of household tasks?

Does he rely on you to do most of the parenting when his DD's are at yours?

Emotionalsupportviper · 04/11/2022 12:16

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JennyNotFromTheBlock · 04/11/2022 12:24

Absolutely, if your 'D'P refuses to leave your house, he is TRESSPASSING. It's not his house, he moved in with you. If a stranger walked off the street and entered your house and refused to leave, what would you do? Call the police. Why is it any different with your current boyfriend who is living with you/bludging off you? It's not his house and he has absolutely no....right to refuse to leave someone else's house.

I cannot believe you don't know what to do if someone refuses to leave your house. You can't be serious.

InsertPunHere · 04/11/2022 12:27

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Jesus, can we not scare the already very worried mother with things like that! What a thing to say, ffs.

I have experienced a very similar scenario as you and DS, OP, and it’s honestly terrifying. Seeing your child in acute mental distress is unbearable.

I agree with everyone that OP needs to kick her petty, jealous and insecure DP into touch (DS is “disrespectful”= massive red flag) . But we don’t need to add to her worry with inflammatory posts like that.

Nambiarramacuty · 04/11/2022 12:33

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Emotionalsupportviper · 04/11/2022 12:36

InsertPunHere · 04/11/2022 12:27

Jesus, can we not scare the already very worried mother with things like that! What a thing to say, ffs.

I have experienced a very similar scenario as you and DS, OP, and it’s honestly terrifying. Seeing your child in acute mental distress is unbearable.

I agree with everyone that OP needs to kick her petty, jealous and insecure DP into touch (DS is “disrespectful”= massive red flag) . But we don’t need to add to her worry with inflammatory posts like that.

I have asked that this be removed in light of your comment as a person who has experienced similar, but TBH I think the OP needs to be scared - she seems oblivious to the effects her DP's attitude is having on her son's mental health.

Sometimes the truth is very painful

Coyoacan · 04/11/2022 12:45

Please do not refer to suicide in that way. It is horrible for the friends and relatives of anyone who has died that way to claim that a person's suicide is the fault of one or several of them.

The OP should put her son first in this situation but she also needs to put herself first here. She is with someone who does not care about either her or her son

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 04/11/2022 12:50

InsertPunHere · 04/11/2022 12:27

Jesus, can we not scare the already very worried mother with things like that! What a thing to say, ffs.

I have experienced a very similar scenario as you and DS, OP, and it’s honestly terrifying. Seeing your child in acute mental distress is unbearable.

I agree with everyone that OP needs to kick her petty, jealous and insecure DP into touch (DS is “disrespectful”= massive red flag) . But we don’t need to add to her worry with inflammatory posts like that.

I agree OP has shown nothing other than concern for her son, and right from the point of her original post her inclination has been to protect him.

But I can see why a PP should have posted this in a bid to shake her out of the nonchalance that's clearly coming across in her posts. It's likely that her horrendous DP is doing very real harm to her son's mental health, and the posts overall show a lack of conviction as to whether she's really in the right to insist her own child is welcomed into his own home and own room.

If anything else, hopefully the responses will have given OP that very necessary conviction. A bonus would be if they gave additional pause for thought. I hope it will also be made very clear to this domineering man that her son does not owe him 'respect'. He's not his father. His behaviour toward him has been anything but that of even a barely adequate parental figure.

He's quickly assumed a position of authority in a home that isn't his, OP, and now you claim to be afraid he'll refuse to leave? Men like this know how to choose their dupes. (I say that not to be in any way disparaging, I've been a dupe too in my own time). There is plenty in this relationship for him, he's throwing his weight around as if he's the householder, and he's very good at ensuring things are dictated to and changed to cater for his own best interests. Fuck the interests of the bereaved, mentally-struggling boy whose home he's coopted. And fuck, also, those of his desperately worried mum who just wants to do her best by her child, and he's trying to drive a wedge between them and inch him out of his family.

I've rarely read anything on MN that's disgusted me more. Take a look at the precedent this unempathetic, callous, emotional (and financial) leech has set over the past 4.5 years, then imagine what the next 5 might look like if he carries on in the same pattern.

Through my internet-stranger's eyes, it isn't pretty.

healthadvice123 · 04/11/2022 13:39

Your son is upset and its his room , your SD can still visit but will have to just share
What happens if your son comes home or will your dh not allow that ?
Whose house is it

jopejob511 · 04/11/2022 13:43

DP does pay money towards bills but I buy all the food etc. When he was living with a family members he didn't see SD’s like he does now he'd have them every Saturday in the day and more in the holidays.

I will tell him to leave whilst DS here so we can spend time together without him or SDs around.

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healthadvice123 · 04/11/2022 13:51

@musingsinmidlife all threads warrant different answers based on the facts
In this case its the OP house and her son is at uni, my son is at UNI , I do not consider him as moved out properly as he has to come home holidays etc
The other children are just being asked to go back to sharing , 2 girls so no problem
The OP son is also going through a tough time so needs to come home to his home and mum and his bedroom
If I had a friend in desperate need I would put them up and expect my 2 DC to share even now , you do what needs doing
If the OP dp doesn't like the options then as its not his house he can choose to find his own place or you would look at other options in the house and work together
I.e is dining room that can be utilised , can room be split in a way to give more privacy etc not tell the OP her son needs to get a hotel ,

Coffeeandcake15 · 04/11/2022 13:53

So he pays towards bills but not accommodation costs or food, so you’re paying to feed and house his children too? 😳

healthadvice123 · 04/11/2022 13:54

OP i hope your son is ok and the time home is what he needs and he can then decide what he wants to do next either return or get a job , have some time out etc whatever he needs to do

Brainks · 04/11/2022 13:57

This is why blended families are shit. Your son is your priority but I do feel for the SD having to share rooms both at your place and at her mums home.

Peashoots · 04/11/2022 14:00

Brainks · 04/11/2022 13:57

This is why blended families are shit. Your son is your priority but I do feel for the SD having to share rooms both at your place and at her mums home.

Oh for gods sake 🙄 there’s NOTHING wrong with siblings sharing a room. I did, I was fine, really close with my siblings to this day. My teens do it, not a problem.
no wonder so many kids are bloody pandered-some people don’t even have a bloody roof over their head!!

Liorae · 04/11/2022 14:03

Brainks · 04/11/2022 13:57

This is why blended families are shit. Your son is your priority but I do feel for the SD having to share rooms both at your place and at her mums home.

I take it you never shared a bedroom, unlike 90% of the world.

SleepingStandingUp · 04/11/2022 14:04

Peashoots · 04/11/2022 14:00

Oh for gods sake 🙄 there’s NOTHING wrong with siblings sharing a room. I did, I was fine, really close with my siblings to this day. My teens do it, not a problem.
no wonder so many kids are bloody pandered-some people don’t even have a bloody roof over their head!!

Good grief, how DO you fit two double beds and two desks into their room? You surely don't expect your child to fit in a single bed do you? They all need single beds once they hit 13 because how else will they cope??

Mummyoflittledragon · 04/11/2022 14:05

You seem so placid op. Are you ok? You just seem rather numb and not really reacting to what everyone is saying. Idk if you’re in shock, confused or maybe something else.

SleepingStandingUp · 04/11/2022 14:05

Brainks · 04/11/2022 13:57

This is why blended families are shit. Your son is your priority but I do feel for the SD having to share rooms both at your place and at her mums home.

Yes, because blended families are the only ones where kids ever share. Oh wait.... Yup, plenty of none blended families hate their kids so much they just keep having kids until they all have to share 🙄

Mummyoflittledragon · 04/11/2022 14:08

SleepingStandingUp · 04/11/2022 14:04

Good grief, how DO you fit two double beds and two desks into their room? You surely don't expect your child to fit in a single bed do you? They all need single beds once they hit 13 because how else will they cope??

Sorry what? Not all teens throughout the country have double beds.

Figgygal · 04/11/2022 14:10

Your partner is a shit op
His daughters can share for a few days whilst you're ds is home in your house.
Honestly I'm bloody angry for you and your ds

Nambiarramacuty · 04/11/2022 14:12

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Testina · 04/11/2022 14:14

jopejob511 · 04/11/2022 13:43

DP does pay money towards bills but I buy all the food etc. When he was living with a family members he didn't see SD’s like he does now he'd have them every Saturday in the day and more in the holidays.

I will tell him to leave whilst DS here so we can spend time together without him or SDs around.

See when he went to having his daughters alternate weeks, did he also stop paying maintenance? 🙄

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