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Daughter seems to be mini wife!

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BLACKBOTTOM · 30/04/2020 22:40

Just looking for some perspective here. I have just finished with my boyfriend because of his immature and irresponsible behaviour during the lockdown. He is 55 and I am 54. He has a 24 year old daughter and a 2 year old granddaughter. I have no children and am happy with that. I live alone in a tiny apartment and am currently working from home. I don't have a garden and only get out to see to my horse once a day. Other than that I am staying in and having things delivered as I am asthmatic. I also suffer from depression and anxiety and always knew I would struggle during the lockdown. My boyfriend is aware of this. I have no family still alive but do have lots of friends, but obviously can't see them at the minute. My ex has continued to visit his daughter and her child daily during the lockdown, which I find unbelievable as he is still working 3 days a week as a delivery driver. On his non working days he carries on as of nothing is different, going out on his vintage tractors, visiting his mates etc. As if this isn't bad enough I seem to have been an afterthought and even texting me seems to have been too much trouble, although he was quite happy for me to do his online correspondence for him. What brought things to a head was that I suddenly became very aware that he is obsessed with his daughter. He goes to hers for tea most nights in the week but always visits regardless. He spends Saturday and Sunday afternoons with her, constantly tells me what a good mum she is, how pretty she is, she has a nice figure, has a responsible job. It's great he loves her and is proud of her, but is gets a bit "pass the sick bucket" at times. And to put his little grandchild at risk seems strange to me. What I found very odd was that he became upset because none of his days off this week coincided with hers... So he sees her every evening and at weekends and wants to spend his days off with her as well??? He has also said she is the love of his life. But then he says I am. It seems to me to me that they are like a couple. She calls him a few times during the day as well. For future reference, is this normal? I get he loves his daughter but, aside from sleeping together, it's like they are married.

OP posts:
Musti · 01/05/2020 10:01

That's ott imo. I love my kids and though they still live at home, we split parent them and I'm quite happy to have my time with friends and my boyfriend when they're at their dad's. Also, they want to be with their friends etc.

StatementKnickers · 01/05/2020 10:23

Vintage tractors? You're best off out of it.

Nitpickpicnic · 01/05/2020 11:21

Yep the ‘good figure’ stuff, plus the joined at the hip weekly schedule is quite barf-worthy in my book. Bucket territory for sure, and a big one at that.

Let’s all celebrate our off-spring, by all means, but he’s fundamentally funneled all his emotional traffic her way. Does she have a partner? Guessing not. And not ever, if he keeps this level of co-dependency up. He’s sabotaging her future as much as his own.

Whatever this weird dynamic is based in, or leads to, you’re well out of it. He sounds the sort to let any lighthearted, casual text from her permanently end any romantic moment he might be having with a girlfriend. That’s not something a woman with standards would stand for. For good reason. If he hasn’t figured it out by his age, it’ll only get worse.

Better luck with the next one, OP!

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