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Step son moved back in at 18...

Jack's picture

I have mentioned about my step son previously, and was thinking that I had finally been rid of him (you will understand with the other blogs that I have posted).

He had gone to his grandfathers for the summer and we had started to try t have a child when he was gone, then all of the sudden comes back, and the trying had stopped as well as subsequently when he moved out and my wife was on her pity pot about it. With getting cut off sexually and being tired of the nonsense, I had met somebody and had an affair for about a month with a younger woman.

Now that he's back, I feel like my space is being invaded. Forgive me for feeling this way, but I felt like the bane of my existence was gone. Now it seems to be back to the same thing, him sitting on his ass all day, and no job.

The wife claims that she's not going to stop trying to have a child of our own, although, since he has been back, the sex has been non existant. I told her that she has a month to prove to me that things are different now, otherwise, I am leaving. I am about to be 37, and since I have been married, every time my birthday hits, I freak out with regrets of life that's passed me by. I don't have any children of my own and I'm not getting any younger, so I would like to get out while I have the chance to meet somebody to have that possibility with, I am in a new office building with an abundance of women who have shown an interest in me.

One friend just mentioned to me about being a step parent, that it's "A bad situation in itself because you have no say and everybody knows it", which feels exactly where I am at and have throughout this whole marriage.

I told her tonight that things NEED to change, otherwise I'm out, I'm giving it New Years or my birthday, both of which are very close. Anyways, I felt the need to write since I tried to discuss this and she flipped out and was unwilling to talk.

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stepmom31's picture

Hey Jack,

I think that by telling the folks on here about your affair, you aren't going to find a lot of compassionate responses.

But, on the Stepfamily Life side of things... it really seems that your wife has had you put your life on whole in order to not upset her son, which was really not fair to you. Seems to that you've made up your mind about leaving and have lots of other options. Kids these days don't leave parents' homes at 18 as they did before, and with the economy the way it is, even older kids (over 25) are moving back in with parents. If your life gets to a stand-still when SS is home, and you have zero control or say about when he's there and what happens when he's there, then you're really stuck. Hopefully she'll talk to you about changes to be made and you can reach some sort of agreement or compromise, but you've already made your threat about leaving so if there's no attempt to meet half-way, then I hope you have the courage to leave.

TheWickedStepmom's picture

Yeah, I'm with just-a-mom. Affairs cause you to emotionally & physically detach from the marriage without ever physically leaving. My guess is that the wife has no clue about the affair... nor does she need to at this point. It's obvious what you want and you KNOW what you want, so LEAVE before you go find it elsewhere. I can assure you that nothing will change if it's been this way for any length of time at all... if it does change, the change will only be temporary so don't get comfortable with it... at least that's MY experience.