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Broken Doors and All

misschristina95's picture

I went to work the other day with the knowledge that SS10 was going to his friends house at around 12. BM was going to pick up SD14, and hang out. I told SS10 that he needed to go with BM just in case something happens and his friend could not come get him. I worked all day. When I got home I noticed the door would not close right. Sad
I talked to BF and he said that BM and SD17 hit SD14 and so SD14 ran inside the house and broke the doorjam. UGH.
At first a thrill came through me because I thought she had broke the doorjam at BM's house. But then I realized NO, It was at OUR house AGAIN! Everything always gets broken at our house. I wake up and look at our ghetto house and how it has fallen apart with the kids, and the cats, and the damn bunny who won't stop eating cords. Sad And I just can't keep up with fixing everything. I try to keep it clean, and I give the kids chores and they are just so messy. I hate when they eat popcorn because there is popcorn all over the floor... or sunflower seeds. I sat on the couch yesterday, which is a rare thing, and just felt chip crumbs all over my hands. UGH. I just can't keep up. Working full time, practices, family, BF working two + hours out of town, its all too much.
Anyway... so turns out that BM just left SD14 here and took SS10 to his friends house. Then when SD14 called her to come get her she refused to pick up the phone. SD14 has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and bi-polar, even though I have never seen the papers that stated such. I have actually researched a little of the symptoms of these diseases and they really don't seem to fit her. Possibly bi-polar, but not 100%. I do know that she needs some kind of help with her anger. So what ended up happening is BM came to get them, and SD14 had taken SS10's phone away from him. So SD17 got out of the car because SD14 would not give it back to him. SD17 and SD14 started fighting with each other. So BM got out of the car and started fighting with all three of them... which is turn lead to BM slapping SD14 and SD17 attacking SD14.
The whole thing is a big mess. Its so crazy. I don't want BM around here ever, all she does is get the kids all worked up and then leaves them. They have gotten into fights at her house and she will pile them in the car and drop them off at our house because she does not want her boyfriend to realize that her kids aren't perfect little angels. Why would anyone get in the middle of that??? Why wouldn't a grown woman just try to diffuse the situation instead of making it worse? I can just imagine them all out in the front yard screaming at each other like crazy people.
The thing with BM is she is not even allowed in our house. I tried to be friends with her. I used to let her come in the house when she came to get the kids. But I got tired of every time I pulled up from work there was her car and there she is inside my house with BF and kids, like they were never divorced, like I AM the OUTSIDER. It got to the point where I just could not take it anymore. She used to just walk in the house without even knocking. Once she even stood outside out bedroom door while BF lays in bed, the door open, and she just stands there peering in. I was like can i help you????? She has never lived in this house so it should not feel "normal" to her. Last year I got the attendance for SD14 and BM was taking her out of school all the time. BM is really good at taking the kids out of school for no reason. I felt like I was being lied to by SD14 because when I asked how was your day? she never said, it was good mom came to get me out of third hour because we wanted to hang out. She never said anything like that. So then I began thinking, what are they doing all these days when she gets them? Food is disappearing like crazy from our house, are they coming over here to hang out like best friends and eat all our food because they know my schedule. My schedule has been the same for three years.... UGH. Its all just too much. I'm getting off point here...
Point is I don't want BM around here AT ALL. She is just like another kid. She is immature, and can't handle her own kids. Oh well......

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Lilly's picture

OMG, you cant live like this. First do you have a clear agreement when BM can pick up the kids? Its seems like they are coming and going whenever they want. Open dooor policy?
You need to set up restrictions and boundaries. You should know exacatly when she is coming and a she can only come when you are home.

Also this kids should not be leaving a mess for you to clean up. They are to old for that. In our house, I have 3 teenagers. No food is eaten out of the kitchen. They cant eat around the house.

Also if I come home and its a mess, TV is off for the night. The house better be presentable, no dishes in the sink. Nothing of theirs left around. I dont clean their mess at all, they can vacum popcorn just as well as you can.
You need DH to start putting his foot down. You would be amazed how fast teenager can get with the program, when they dont have cell phones, TV or games.

misschristina95's picture

The kids are the only ones who talk to BM. She refuses to communicate with us. BF says that we are only hurting the kids by keeping them from her. He says they don't see it as her not being cooperative with us, they see it as us punishing them and her by not letting them see her. So we are the bad people.
BM used to live right around the corner so she would come get the kids and drop them off whenever she felt like it. Now she lives like ten minutes away and we still do not get any advance. I have quit trying to create a schedule with her. BF is useless. He would rather just put up with it then get into a fight with her, or me. Even though, I am always harping on him because BM just picks them up whenever. A few weeks ago she came and I was outside with a crying SS10 who was reluctantly cleaning his bunny cage. I was very unsympathetic as I am the only one who cares for the bunny and would LOVE to get rid of it, and have someone to take it. I kept saying QUIT CRYING. This is YOUR bunny. You need to take care of it. So she pulled up to get the kids, I told her it would have been nice for a text message saying that she is coming to get the kids. BF left work early so the kids would not be home alone for that long. She said she called him numerous times in the morning but he did not answer (he was at work... I called him later, he said that was a complete lie, she tried to call him once 15 minutes prior). I know she knows how to text message but she refuses to text us. I have saved text message from her saying I don't know why you two are making this so difficult. Its not hard to understand, my schedule changes every week. Its NEVER the same.
I have tried everything with this woman. She simply refuses to let us know what is going on. She used to call us while we were out on a date just to see where we were, what we were doing. She acted like it had something to do with her bringing the kids home. But since she never cared if we were there or not before, why would she suddenly be concerned about it? Just because it was date night! UGH. That ended pretty quickly.
Once there was a friend of mine that was suppose to come to the house to pick something up. I told him that it was in the front of the garage and that SD17 would be home. I went back to the house to let her know, but she was already gone. So I couldn't tell her about it. I left the house to pick up BF. Next thing I know he is getting a call from BM screaming at the top of her lungs at him. He didn't know anything about it of course, because I had just picked him up. Apparently, BM went to drop off SD17 and the guy was there to pick up the thing that sat in front of the garage. BM went crazy on us. I started yelling at her through the phone. Suddenly I am not even allowed to have people over without asking her permission??? She said that SD17 was frantic that some guy showed up at the house. I really could not see that happening, and SD17 was to have left for the movies anyway, or I would have left a note. BM drives me crazy. She likes to be in controll of everything, and it drives her crazy that she has no controll at my house. She has taken away punishments before because I took the movies away from them and apparently they were "her" movies, so she demanded I give them back.
Okay... I'm done for now. Wink
I'm glad someone agrees with me.

Conflicted's picture

I know how you feel. My bf's kids are getting better about their messes but the 12-year-old is absolutely HORRIBLE. She literally cannot get into ANYTHING without making a complete mess! Then she doesn't clean up after herself and when she attempts to clean up after herself it's like she attempted with a blindfold as she misses a HUGE portion of the mess! She heats something up in the microwave but doesn't cover it up and it leaves splatter marks ALL OVER the microwave.... makes hot chocolate and drips it ALL OVER the floor and splatters it over the counters.... lights a candle and somehow drips wax all over not only the table the candle was located on.... but also somehow even manages to get wax on the kitchen floor and the kitchen cabinet doors when the candle was located in the living room! Not only that but said candle is one of the large candles that is in a GLASS JAR so how is wax leaving the jar anyway?! Spills things left and right.... drives me INSANE!

Gets to the point where you just want to clean your bedroom and stay in it!

Purpleflower09's picture

They can't mess the house if they dont have things to mess the house with right?

A little trick I did with my SD who decided to take an attitude...to say the least...with me.

DH was at work, I had the entire day off. She was picking on her little brother, stealing his stuff away just causing mayham. I gave her ONE warning. I told her this was her one and only warning that if she does not stop NOW and if she does not pick up after herself and clean up the coloring paint off the carpet there will be major repercussions. Well she obviusly didn't beleive me..who am I right? Im just step mom. She kept doing what she was doing. So up to her room I went and I literally took everything out except her bed and clothes. Her toys, cd player, cs's, coloring books, barbies..you name it. I put it in a spare bedroom and locked it. then I told her she has to ear this stuff back by doing her chores, getting along with her little brother and NOT taking an attitude. I also told her I would be discussing this with her father when he got home. I made her sit in her empty room for an hour to let her sit and think about things. DH got home, diciplined her. So for every chore and every good deed she did around the house, she got something back. She learned her lesson real quick.

Purpleflower