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so angry- his family and OW

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avocadogreen · 01/06/2014 21:12

For those who don't know back story- I found out 2 months ago about OW and kicked him out. Afterwards I did give him the opportunity to come back, we had a couple of weeks of him having 'space' to figure it out but ultimately he is now with her. He told me recently they are planning to move to London together (about 3-4 hours drive away)

Two things have now really pissed me off. I found out through mutual friends he has taken her to stay with his parents and also his sister. Then, while he was here seeing the kids he left his phone lying around. I saw messages to the OW basically gushing about how wonderful his mum thinks she is. And that his mum agrees it is 'time for Avocado to learn to stand on her own two feet' to which OW replied 'I wholeheartedly agree'. There were other texts between him and OW basically painting me as some needy vulnerable little sap who needed to 'learn to be independent'

I am just so angry, firstly that the inlaws, and his sister, who I have been confiding in a lot, should accept her so readily and secondly that he is giving off this impression of me as some vulnerable little woman who has been 'depending' on him.for too long. I am.the mother of his children, we were together for 15 years and I have sacrificed my career and taken various underpaid part time jobs for the sake.of the family..It feels.like he is rewriting history and they are all going along with it. He left me alone,.jobless, in a rented house in a new area and he wants to fuck off to London and people talk about it being good for me to stand on my own two feet?! What about his fucking responsibilities to the children? I can't understand why everyone seems to be ok with it! In the beginning his mum was texting and calling me a lot but strangely she has stopped now.

And yes for the record I am.standing on my own two feet and I have already got myself a job and will be supporting the children on my own. No fucking thanks to him.

I am.just so angry Angry

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JohnFarleysRuskin · 02/06/2014 14:23

I do feel for his family, sorry. I'm sure they love you very much and they hate what he has done, but they love him also. I would give it some time, cooling off and see how you feel. I don't for a moment think the mum said you need to stand on your own feet, he is saying this to them and they are standing around, nodding awkwardly.

My ex had a GF who although she wasn't an ow massively over-stepped the mark a number of times - unfortunately she was also a great friend of my Dsis. It was only after they split that my sis told me how horrible it was to be caught in the middle like that.

As for, 'he meant no harm' - how dare he? She was cooking in your kitchen, and he thought you would be fine with that? No, he had promised you it wouldn't happen and he didn't give a shit. He is a terrible cunt.

pleaseaffixstamps · 02/06/2014 14:25

Do be aware how much bullshit she will have been fed by her brother about this. Is there any way you can ask to meet her for a coffee, somewhere neutral? I do understand that you don't trust her, and she may well turn out to be an untrustworthy 7!%, but if there is any chance at all of getting her on side, it will make your life easier.

(And it will piss your ex off the main purpose of the exercise.)

I do get that I am coming from a very lucky place of having my SIL on-side - she loves her brother dearly, but could see that he'd been a massive arse to me and our DS, and she wasn't prepared to go along with his rewriting of history. I hope that you, too, might be so lucky. And remember - you hold the cards regarding the kids, so the in-laws may be prepared to be reasonable on those grounds alone, if they have an existing relationship with them.

pleaseaffixstamps · 02/06/2014 14:26

...that 7!% was supposed to be an asterisked "bitch"-substitute, but I'd forgotten about the formatting!

GrannyOnTheSchoolRun · 02/06/2014 16:05

I dont know if this will be of any comfort to you but be glad they are his family and not yours.

Im sorry you're hurting so much.

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