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Anyone ever walked away from a happy relationship when dsc contact went from eow to fulltime?

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gingermopped · 26/08/2014 22:37

anyone?
dsd has been saying for ages she wants to live here, tonight the call came.

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ellenjames · 29/08/2014 09:27

My god daisy you are honorific to the op! She is pregnant facing the end of her relationship, having seen a side to her partner never seen before, being told she is unimportant and you call her selfishShock are you a step parent? If not you have no idea what it is like, end of. If you are you are lucky like me that your dsc are obviously lovely and you have a supportive loving dh/p unlike the op!

MillyONaire · 29/08/2014 09:27

I would have struggled with this. My DH was a disney dad with DSD - turns out he is with ours too. It is not so hard as they are mine so I can discipline them but it is dull being the bad guy ALL the time so I would address that with your dp now

Darquesse · 29/08/2014 09:27

I totally agree with everything Catsmother has said.

He might have a point if he were around to provide childcare for his own daughter, although even in those circumstances he has gone about it the wrong way and it should have been discussed. But how dare he decide for you that you will take on full time week day childcare for his daughter especially given the background! Ridiculous and entitled and well done for standing up to him.

When the call came he should have said I work 6am to 11am, let me organise childcare and then you can move in. What would he have done if he were single?

ellenjames · 29/08/2014 09:28

Horrid not honourific god knows where that came from!

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LatteLoverLovesLattes · 29/08/2014 09:35

Ginger

Don't doubt yourself, you are doing the right thing.

I am really sorry that he isn't the man you thought he was and that you will be bringing this baby up on your own, but you would be even if he stayed.

He has been really awful to you, please don't let him talk you around.

Flowers
gingermopped · 29/08/2014 09:56

thanks for support Smile
as for daisy, ur posts dont upset at all, I read them, hav a little laugh while thinking wot a silly little fool you r and then move on.

I spent 14 years in a marriage with my ex husband ( childrens father) being walked all over, I wont ever be that doormat again.

im very lucky that I own my own home outright and I work part time but good money, I will manage just fine, I have some savings as was hoping to take full year off with baby but will now have to see about that.

he was on the phone late last night with his exw, I have a feeling she may have said a few things that correspond with what I say as I kept hearing "yeah gingermopped says that"
payday for him today, iv txt him and said I dont want any bill money/contributions to house, keep it towards new place if it gets him out sooner.

I have my anomaly scan though at 3.30 today so very excited and minds on that Grin

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catsmother · 29/08/2014 10:02

It's great to read you being so positive about such a rotten situation. Really hope everything's okay this afternoon - you should maybe treat yourself and your kids afterwards, you definitely deserve to after the week you've had!

gingermopped · 29/08/2014 10:09

thanks cat Smile im gonna go meet my friend and her kids soon for a lunchtime naughty pudding at creams cafe Grin had a anomaly scan 10 days ago, bubba was stubborn 2 hours at hospital and fsoled scan so bak today but was told eat somthing sugary b4 hand, Grin that I can manage Grin

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wantsleepnow · 29/08/2014 10:18

Could you possibly be talking a bit at cross-purposes? As in, you're thinking that with a LOT of changes, discussion and boundary setting, it could potentially be worth a try but he thinks you are saying definitely no to DSD staying full-time and therefore getting defensive and horrible?

It's a really emotional situation, even disregarding you being pregnant, and I wonder if he would be more amenable to proper conversation about it once the dust has settled a little. He is being a complete twat in the way he's dealing with this, but I think the question is whether this is what he's usually like (in which case ignore me and carry on as you were) or if it's "only" in relation to his DSD.

If the latter ("only"!!) then have a think about all the things that would need to be done differently. Make a list. Is there any possibility that you could make things work?

DSD will be 12 or 13 years older than your baby. Even if things are less than ideal, could you get to a position you could live with for a few years til she is around less?

I hope I'm not being unduly influenced by my own situation. DH and I had some massive rows - particularly when I was ill and/or pregnant or just given birth - where he was vile beyond belief and we got through it and now have a very strong relationship. But I think I always knew deep down that he loves, respects and values me and that it was his hang-ups, insecurities etc that made him behave horribly.

I'm not sure I have a feel in your situation, OP, whether that could be the case here or whether he just doesn't care enough about you and your feelings. You describe it as a "happy relationship" in your post title and I hope you can get through to him that he shouldn't throw that away. If nothing else, he's doing himself and his DD no favours in setting no boundaries.

I hope you get through this quickly, whatever the outcome, and very best wishes for your pregnancy Thanks

expectantmum79 · 29/08/2014 10:50

OP asked for advice and made her decision. I'm sure that she knows she'll be responsible for ALL of the housework and ALL of the household finances but she'd rather take on that responsibility than be dictated to by a selfish bully.

I can't see why people need to slate her for her commitment to her step family and her household at a time in her life when she is at her most vulnerable. Ginger I feel you deserve our respect for your strength and courage and I hope you don't look back.

expectantmum79 · 29/08/2014 10:56

Had that little outburst before I saw everyone's lovely posts. Oops.

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 29/08/2014 11:05

Eat Cake and stay strong Flowers

Pack him off back to his ex Grin

Whatever21 · 29/08/2014 12:59

Have read the thread and should have written my post a bit clearer - no issue with OP having issues but to the remainder of you who have posted - I want DP but not his kids, but we must have mine in the house all the time - that is a double standard.

Little fantasy world for you and your DCs and screw your DPs mental health and family relations.

Alot of you do not come across well on this thread - OP excluded.

EveDallasRetd · 29/08/2014 13:17

I want DP but not his kids, but we must have mine in the house all the time - that is a double standard

Well you must have missed the bit where it is the OPs home, that she lived in with her kids, long before her P came along. So not exactly a surprise that she wants her own kids in their own home all the time (contact weekends excepted).

Whatever21 · 29/08/2014 13:32

Yes and I said no issue with the OP - other posts where this is not the case is a double standard.

expectantmum79 · 29/08/2014 13:51

Even if it were shared/his home a woman has a right to say how many children she wants to bring up.

If your DP brought a pet home without consultation it would be inconsiderate and selfish. A teenage girl whose own mother is struggling to cope is only going to be a problematic addition to a house of 5 children.

Even if the OP had 0 children her OH should have consulted her. Being a mother is about making choices and decisions about what's best for your child/ren, being a step mother should be the same.

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fedupbutfine · 29/08/2014 14:16

Well you must have missed the bit where it is the OPs home, that she lived in with her kids, long before her P came along. So not exactly a surprise that she wants her own kids in their own home all the time (contact weekends excepted)

but surely that in itself is a double standard...if I moved in with a partner who then continued to refer to it as his, rather than our, home, I am pretty sure there would be shouts about him being controlling and not committing and LTB? But it's OK for a woman to have a man move in to her home but it remain her home? How is that not a double standard? Step dads what's mine is yours... ....step mums what's mine is mine?!

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WakeyCakey45 · 29/08/2014 14:27

no issue with OP having issues but to the remainder of you who have posted - I want DP but not his kids, but we must have mine in the house all the time - that is a double standard.

You were perfectly clear, and this has just confirmed it.

who on this thread has said they expect their DP to accept their own DCs as "part of a package"?
You're presuming a hell of a lot based on your own values - just because you expect your DCs to be treated in that way, don't assume "women", or "the remainder of us" do.

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riverboat1 · 29/08/2014 14:49

I honestly dont know what I would do if DP and I became full time carers of DSS, in the event of his mum dying or something.

I would never try to suggest DSS shouldn't live with his dad, but for me personally it would be a massive life change from living with DSS row, to living with him all the time. I am someone who has not chosen to have kids of my own, and the lifestyle changes would be very challenging.

I'd definitely give it a go, but I don't know if I'd cope well with it.

riverboat1 · 29/08/2014 14:49

EOW, not row

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