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Family advice ....my sons girlfriend hates us

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Vickymumof4 · 19/12/2015 07:42

This is my first post and I'm really hoping for some advice. My sons girl friend hates us... It really is as simple as that! I have no idea why or what we ever did to make her this way, but she has always been the same. They have been together for 6 years and recently bought their own house. We have always tried so hard as a family to make her welcome. We try to include her in everything that we do as a family, such as family events, days out, going to dinner or even just inviting them round to eat, but she always has an excuse and never comes leaving my son to come on his own. My youngest son is now joining the navy and we are having a party which they ( I'm assured that it was both of them !) have offered to host at their house for various reasons, which I thought was amazing until we have been told that my daughters BEST friend,a girl we fostered for many years (and like another daughter)isn't allowed to come as my sons girlfriend just doesn't like her either. It really is too late to change venue or cancel, but how can I exclude her? I have tried talking to my son (his g/f will not talk to me about her) but he just tells me it's also his g/f house and we have to respect that ( and I honestly do) however I would never have agreed to have the party there if I'd known. Please give me some advice.

OP posts:
Sakhi · 13/12/2019 10:20

If your navy son wants the foster daughter to come, change venue to anywhere. Your house, even better, navy sons house!
Yes your DIL has a problem & doesn’t want to play happy families. But if held at her house, you’re restricted by her wishes however unreasonable. My son does the same. Doesn’t stick up for any of us. Just blindly follows what she says. I’ve decided that If I don’t like it, I have to keep my distance. Not try to change her. She keeps finding excuses to say “we dou like her” & son believes it! So better to zip it & keep a distance & please myself for a change.

Sakhi · 13/12/2019 10:21

*“We don’t like her”

hellsbellsmelons · 13/12/2019 10:44

ZOMBIE THREAD

Lowbrow · 14/12/2019 04:45

Stop being a door mat for this young woman OP. Even if you unknowingly said the wrong thing or she just doesn’t particularly like you, this is bizarre behaviour. Also stop hashing over what you might have done wrong. The common denominator is her, she is rude to others and you get on well with them.

It does appear that your eldest DS has followed your lead and is in an abusive relationship. I don’t believe all boys copy their fathers and girls their mothers. Your son does sound like a doormat, otherwise he would see the red flags waving at him.

You seem to be tiptoeing around your DS’s girlfriend and it would be best to stand up to her. You being the role model for your DS, it might wake him up to see how abusive she is to him too. He has slept walked into a relationship with an abuser. The sort of nasty behaviour is not of a normal functioning person.

MollyButton · 14/12/2019 05:04

Zombie
As this all happened 4 years ago I do hope it's all sorted now!

ittooshallpass · 14/12/2019 09:17

Would love to know how this one panned out... and if eldest son is still with GF!

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