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How do you guys do it?! I try to not let what HCBM says and spreads about me to others get to me, but it only lasts a few minutes and I'm back to wanting to beat her into shutting her mouth! Am I really supposed to just ignore it? I just feel like some people need taught a lesson. I really want to put hands on her (she actually assaulted me the first time we met almost five years ago) but I'm not going to do that because we're currently going through court and obviously that won't help our case. I hate that she has so much power over my emotions.
Listen to this, BM, SS, DH and all the grandparents, along with SD's new boyfriend's small family will gather for an exciting "wedding" celebration next month. Note the quotations of wedding... it's not a wedding in the common definition, but it's their thing, and that's ok. The real fun is going to be literally stuck in the space with all these delightful people for a good 6 hours.... I can't really escape to my phone or another space, so..... what do I do?!
So I have not had the time to look this up so I am wondering if you all know from experience or whatever if any bit of domestic violence happens in the home even if it is against another child in the home, if DH should of been notified of this occuring? After all the drama last week, BM finally said what happened with stepdad or at least her version of it (I say this because BM has spouted similar lies about DH that were absolutely not true). BM says she walked in on Stepdad basically choking the sister so she left him for it. It could be true, but it is hard to know.
We just planted back at home after a spur of the moment 2100 mile road trip to one of our happy places.
My bride finished tax season late afternoon on Tuesday April 15th. For those of us in the USA, this is both an auspicious day and an infuriating one. Tax day! For those in the accounting/tax profession it is the day that ends the brutal 80hr/wk tax season that starts in mind to late January.
Haven't checked in with an update for a while.
We left off with SD not speaking with DH for reasons unknown. They now text, but short interactions a few times a week.
And SS was looking for a job, discouraged that the 6-figure jobs weren't being laid out in front of him. He finally did get a job with a good salary, but shy of six figures. So he's been BUSY. Hasn't called DH for weeks.
It all started with just trying to schedule a time to call SD which SURPRISE was met with difficulty as it has been continuously for several months now. BM kept oversharing about her work instead of giving a time/date to call SD this weekend. So DH finally told her to stop oversharing when she refused to share any information about SD when the school and therapist were contacting DH out of concern for SD's mental and physical wellbeing. Guess what happened? She went off about things from 5+ years ago, dragging me into it claiming I talked shit about her, etc.
I've known a SM or two who have been through this--the ex-wife loses it (more) when her ex dies. I used to dread the thought here of BM and the skids' possible behavior if something happened to DH; I don't think about it much anymore.
Happy Friday, STalkers! It's been a hot minute since we've had an Eff Off Friday. Definitely overdue!
Eff off to:
SD63 has been quiet the past few months. We see her early each month when she pays us her share of "rent" and cuts DH's hair. For months now, we've seen her hands trembling. I know she also had some kind of heart issue identified during a December hospital visit. She was supposed to schedule further testing but never did.
She called Tuesday, had an appointment with her primary that day but car trouble. I offered to take her since DH87 is not up to travel to unfamiliar destinations. The trip was "eventful" in typical SD fashion with wrong exits, confusion and all the rest.
BM has been silent about SS13's therapy since she sent the initial email a few months ago, simply telling DH she was enrolling SS in therapy for "anxious thoughts" and providing the therapist name/phone number, along with the insane out of pocket price, because this therapist is private pay only. DH responded that he was in disagreement with using a private pay therapist.
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