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Sick to the back teeth with my family over my ds. WWYD?

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tightwad · 20/05/2012 11:40

They have always had an opinion over him, from being tiny.
My sister commented more than once that my ds has got...wait for it..."that attention disorder disease" wtf!

To explain, they have very different parenting views to me. We are from an agressive, sometimes violent military background. I made a very conscious choice that i would not be like my parents in any way if i have the good luck and fortune to ever have children.

I had my boy by the skin of my teeth, he is now 8. He is outdoorsy, very sporty, always busy, not intersted in anything techy. My nephew on the other hand (aged 10) is very calm, loves his xbox thingy, so very different to my ds.

My sister says its because she is strict with her ds (he is terrified of her) and that i allow my boy to...again wait for it..."Do whatever the fuck he wants, he is allowed to make too much noise"...WTAF!

This is very very untrue.

So i am doing the school run for my 2 sisters, whos kids are at 2 different schools and also picking my ds up. In the car, ds grabbed a fluffy bird on nephews bag, there were some words said, then they were chatting again.

My sister was really annoyed when my nephew told her of this incident and told me that her son was very very upset and badly affected by this as he just isnt exposed to such behaviour.

It made me so cross, i adore my nephew, was there at his birth, he is lovely, my little pal, my sister hates my son, (also hates my other sisters child...actually physically hates them) wont allow him in her house so the only time i can see my nephew is if we invite him to our house, dont really want to do this if he feels uncomfortable or upset by my ds.

GAhhhhh families Angry

OP posts:
Thumbwitch · 22/05/2012 12:14

I'm glad that you have done parties for him - given him a chance to socialise properly. You sound like a lovely Aunty, and it's great that he has a level of normality with you that he doesn't get from your sister (however good a mum she is to him).

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