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to have sent dp's mother this after a yr of ignoring my baby?

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TheLadyEvenstar · 11/11/2008 23:20

I had ds2 last September 2007 and dps mother has never seen him, lied about being out of the country on his 1st b'day, seeing a photo of ds1, ds2 and dss and saying what a lovely photo of those 2 pointing to ds2 and dss (with dp;s sister). I have sent numerous emails with photos in until a few weeks back and she sends messages with dps sis to say they are nice but will never email me to ask how he is, then asks dp's sis if she could keep her updated on ds2s progress!!!!

Dear B,

I have not bothered sending you any photos of Z since his 1st birthday when you said you were flying to India the day of the party yet were online. I now know you are not at all interested in your grandson and I have accepted the fact that my second son has a grandmother, if I can call you that, mirroring my first sons grandmother... Selfish, Ignorant, and most of all nasty to a small child.

As far as I am concerned you are punishing my son for the actions of your son....very mature of you, I believed you to be an adult not a stroppy teenager.....I can now see where G gets his sometimes petulant attitude from.

G has not paid any money to C for J as I am sure you have already been informed as he is not working, I am supporting us all, until he finds work....after all that is what FAMILIES do.....obviously something you would know nothing about after walking out on 2 children who needed you...yet you have a problem with the fact G followed in your footsteps..he had a very good teacher from what I have learnt from both of your children. A mother does not walk out on her children for any reason, well a decent mother doesn't. Oh and for your information my son will not grow up without a grandmother as my Mum see;S him every day he has a loving Nanna and lets face it you are the one who is missing out you have 3 that is THREE biological grandchildren and chose to know 2 of them.

As for Christmas as I am sure this will be passed on to you. J, K and Z are all having the same amount spent on them £50 and that is all. G has asked J to come fishing and other places with us and unless there is money involved J does not want to know. We are not wealthy people. So while you are blaming G for the lack of contact realise that J has been asked to come out with us and often refuses, we also offered to take him on holiday but he did not want to go as it was not abroad. Just for once realise the truth G is not to blame for everything nor am I and Z certainly isn't.

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TheLadyEvenstar · 14/11/2008 15:49

Soup then why does she keep asking for photos and info of him via the sister???

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Scotia · 14/11/2008 16:31

I don't blame you for sending that email, whether it was unreasonable to do so or not.

TheLadyEvenstar · 14/11/2008 16:39

Scotia,

Sometimes like all humans things get the better of me and I have to explain how i feel. She has asked for photos numerous times yet refuses to have anything to do with dp or ds2. If she wants to know about him then she should be asking me. She blames dp for lack of contact re: dss but he is often invited out with us and won't come. And before anyone mentions it again, when we recently moved I suggested to dp that we buy a put u up bed for dss and he said "whats the point he won't stay"

He did in fact stay once and that was the 19th September for ds2;s 1st b'day party. He has not returned any calls or contacted dp since then other than the day DP and I went over to talk to dss's mother.

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SoupDragon · 14/11/2008 16:51

Perhaps because she prefers to talk to her daughter? Certainly after that email there's no way she'll be talking to you . Actually, given that she refuses to email you do you think that it's you she has a problem with for whatever reason?

Just ignore it all and get on with life. It's not worth worrying about. You can't make people change who don't want to and it's seriously not worth getting worked up over. So, she doesn't want to know stuff first hand [shrug] at least you don't have to deal with her. She knows where you are and she knows how to contact you.

TheLadyEvenstar · 14/11/2008 16:56

lol Soup if she knew me then I would say she had reason to have a problem with me lol. But i have only spoken to her a few times and met her once when she played the concerned mum hmmmm, as for prefering to talk to daughter she has only been back in touch with her a short while as the daughter went off for over 20yrs...

Who knows I did send the email and she is online right now and has not replied but at the end of the day I have done nothing wrong having a baby with her son and he has done nothing wrong....I do wonder what her actual problem is tbh as we don't talk to the family much at all. Unlike the exp who is with dp's mum most days lol mind you she has no family of her own....and we have my rather big family.

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Scotia · 14/11/2008 17:26

I really wouldn't give her another thought LadyEven. She is the ultimate loser in this situation. Your ds will have no feelings for her one way or the other, and I'm sure there will come a day when she will realise what she has done to her son and grandson. She will be the one who has to live with that regret. She's honestly not worth your time and effort. Ignore the old bat and concentrate on your lovely family

TheLadyEvenstar · 14/11/2008 17:32

Scotia, i will now. I just had to get it off my chest.

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Scotia · 14/11/2008 18:01

Yes, as I said, I can't blame you for that. I'd feel exactly the same.

jangly · 14/11/2008 19:01

I think she sounds crazy tbh! Yes, she could stay friendly with her first daughter-in-law but she could come to see you and your little one too. Just can't understand her.

You could be brave and very unselfish and go along to see her with your ds. She might well be won over.

TheLadyEvenstar · 14/11/2008 19:06

Jangly hmmmm I could but could I keep my mouth closed if she said the wrong thing?? lmao.

Have had a chat with dp and he said she has always been "odd"...oh well guess she hasn't changed then.

Anyway all the more time for my mum to spend with him hee hee

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