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In-laws and Step children problems

27 replies

Nina61 · 12/02/2014 22:58

In 2007 my husband and I got together, but ended after 14 months. He went back to his family as he felt his daughter needed him (age 14 at the time). He then spent the next 2 years telling me he had made a mistake and still loved me. Eventually, he left home and I took him back. We married last year. His son (22) wanted no contact and has remained the same. His daughter (now nearly 19) has always been welcome at my house, but is very difficult, has always been spoilt, very demanding and upsets a lot of people. She also spent all of last year putting vile things about me on Twitter, then comes to the house as if nothing has happened. Since Christmas I refuse all contact now, because the atmosphere is so bad. Even my husband admits he doesn't know how to speak up for himself when she is rude and demanding. Two weeks ago, his eldest sister asked to come and meet me - she came from Lancashire, was pleasant to start with, then spent the evening slating me - she said I have taken the childrens father from them (he sees them twice a week, but they are grown up!). My husband did not stick up for me as he is scared of her. My husbands parents live round the corner and have not acknowledged me at all, nor have his other 2 sisters! This is fine, but when they ring him, they purposely leave me out of visits etc. He said his whole life was controlled by overbearing Mother, sisters, then wife and daughter. The only rows we have, are because of them. He is such a softie and they walk all over him. How do I cope??

OP posts:
nkf · 14/02/2014 20:36

I bet his relationship with his wife wasn't nearly as over as he told you. And what do the other people know? What he told them. Or what they've constructed. Marriage is a strange contract. You can be unhappy and lonely and very much married. I know I was for years.

Inertia · 15/02/2014 10:17

How did you envisage life would be ? You were the OW to a man who put his own comforts (and that's a lot politer than the word I was going to use!) ahead of the wellbeing of his own children. He screwed their lives up once, made a half hearted attempt to patch things over, then decided that actually his own sex life was more important after all and wrecked their lives again.

Of course he isn't going to speak up for you
In his world he is the only person who matters.
Big softie my arse - he is a spineless self centred twat, and more fool you for thinking life with a cheat would be a bed of roses with his adoring family worshiping you.

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