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Is it humanly possible....

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Eliza22 · 04/03/2014 16:32

To remain happily married to a man, when after years of estrangement from one of his daughters, his other daughter has now joined in and incidents are being made up/accusations thrown, at me? Suddenly, the sd I got on well with "doesn't remember" certain things happening/being said. She is in FULL support of her sister. My own son was and is bewildered by their lack of contact as initially, a lot of fuss was made of him. They have ignored my ds for a long time (going into 3rd year) and we've tried hard to keep the lines of communication open but as expected, his 3 are now sticking together, changing their perception to be more in line with youngest sd who caused all the hurt and I am the scapegoat.

I was not OW. DH has supported me all along, knowing I did nothing untoward. I tried so so hard and was rebuffed over and over again. Ridiculed and ignored most of the time. DH has said many times that he is not proud of the way his have behaved and he has never tried to defend the indefensible. DH is a great stepdad to my ds who he's known since he was tiny. He's now 13. I miss my eldest sd and am so upset at the change in attitude. I just want to give up and have nothing (and I really do mean NOTHING) to do with these nasty young people. If I leave DH, he and I, will be devastated but I can see no future for me with him where I have to have his (now adult) kids in my life.

What on earth can I do? I've HAD it and just want to tell them go away and leave me be.

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Loveineveryspoonful · 07/03/2014 08:21

Ivegota,
Nearly lol, there. That is my dsd all over. Her parents didn't want the fuss and bother of raising children, so they just pretended they were adults all along and had nannies for the difficult years (no they are not that rich, just entitled).
Dsd has always looked down her pretty nose at me, and probably my ds, although there is no obvious reason to. Fortunately dss was only 8 when we met and is delighted with an older brother and bears me no ill will either (chose to live 50:50 with us last year).
Like you I also thought we were over the worst when she suddenly became v rude for no reason, except perhaps to emphasize her rather infantile queen bee status.
I have no solution except also to detach and enjoy the time with dh, ds and dss, there are so many lovely moments to appreciate. Thankfully dsd is 17 and has a great social life, so I feel no guilt over her lack of presence in our house (which is also mine).

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