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SD is causing my marriage to fall apart.

sofia's picture

I met my husbands kids twice while still dating, SD 6yrs and SS 5yrs. They disappeared for four years, and in Feb. 2008 they appeared again and I got to meet stepdaughter again for the third time which felt like the first she was now 10yrs old. She didn't realize who her father was until she was told who he was therefore they didn't know each other either. We started to see them every other weekend after that and in April of 2008 I found out I was pregnant. Soon after SD started to insist that she move in with us and my husband started making plans. I told my husband it wasn't a good idea for her to move in so soon, we've all only known each other for about three months. I told him we should wait until after my pregnancy and until we got to know each other better. He did not care what I had to say, he saw the opportunity to move his daughter in and so he did, I had absolutely no say in this matter. My SD new how to control her dad from the very beginning because he never showed her any disipline. She was rude, she talked back to her father, she would yell at him and he would do nothing about it but tell her in a sweet and tender voice "Amanda why do you talk to me that way, your hurting my feelings, I love you. Don't do that again ok", this would make me angry. He let her be on the internet, and myspace from 4 to 5 hours at a time. She demanded a cellphone and she got it. Being that I was pregnant, I would get up at almost every hour of the night and thru out the early morning. I was against her sleeping in our bed, we use to fight about it all the time, until my belly started getting bigger and he finally decided it was time for her to sleep in her room. One night I almost fell over her because she was asleep on the floor of my bedroom. In the morning I would get up for another trip to the restroom and then come back to find in my bed. My husband wouldn't do anything about this issue. One day he took her out of school early because she wanted to go shopping for an outfit for disneyland. We argued so that I told him he was stupid for doing what he was doing, that I wasn't happy anymore, and from this day on I do not want his daughter in my room. He was so angry that he told me if I didn't like it then he was going to pack up and leave with his daughter. I told him to leave because I didn't want him with me now that I know he does not care about me or that I'm six months pregnant with his baby. From that day forward my life and feeling about him and his daughter have changed and things have just gotten worse.

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Most Evil's picture

Wow, that is terrible! I don't blame you for being upset and of course the 10 year old has no business sleeping in your room or bed!!

So has he changed anything since you confronted him? It is sad to know that even if they just really 'met', DHs immediately start the guilt parenting!!

How did they 'disappear' then re-appear? Where is the BM?

"It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?"
- Eleanor H. Porter (1868 - 1920), 'Pollyanna', 1912

sofia's picture

SD stopped sleeping in our room completely after DH spoke to her, but apparently she over heard our conversation that day. BM is married now with a total of 5 kids 15yr old from first relationship, 11 and 10 yr. old from my husband, 6 and 2yr old from new hubby. BM took off with kids because her husband was jealous of my husband and didn't want the kids to have any type of interaction with their father. They appeared again a few months after she got word that my husband was having open heart surgery. She wanted the kids to see their father before anything happens to him.

stuknaz's picture

Are you sure he is your husband??
What kind of foolishness is he trying to pull?
It seems as if he has made his choice.
What about you?

"And this too shall pass..."

sofia's picture

I agree with you completely. Every comment you made is exactly what I tell DH, but things don't get any better. I shouldn't blame SD so much, but I do because if she never moved in this wouldn't be happening.

Sia's picture

I would say that SD is acting this way b/c she hasn't known her father. Think how you would react if you hadn't seen your father for a number of years and then come back to his life to a woman who is pregnant with his child. I would be annoyed and jealous. They should have had counseling to deal with the trauma of not seeing dad and all the emotional crap that goes along with it.

I dont agree with men "overindulging" a child, for any reason. Guilt parenting is what he is doing, and it needs to stop before it gets a whole lot worse!

glynne's picture

Please listen to Vickmeister and Sia, they are right. I had the same problem and it just gets worse. Your husband is guilty because he wasn't there for his daughter and is inudulging her. He will create a monster, a self indulgent, histrionic, manipulative monster. Your SD will use his guilt and manipulate him. Sia is right, counseling is the way to go. Glynne

sofia's picture

My post was just the begging of my story. My SD signed up for an audition for those agencies that charge way to much for fame its all a scam. Her appointment was for the day after my scheduled delivery. DH and I told her we will not be able to take her until a later time, at least until I felt recovered enough to be left alone with my new baby. The day I had my baby my sister in-law suggested that DH stay with me at the hospital, she would take SD for the night in order for me to have some help throughout the night. SD was furious, DH had to calm her down. His attitude was that of someone who didn't care to be there and expressed that he should have taken SD home with him. The next day he left as early as he could to pick up SD and take her to audition. His sister then told me she called DH later that afternoon to see if he had made it back to see me at hospital. DH replied he was on his way to audition for SD cause she kept insisting about audition. Sister in-law convinced him to for get about what he was doing and get his butt to the hospital, so he did at a very late time. DH and SD made plans and scheduled the audition again with out telling me. This was the biggest argument to that point that we had ever had because he was leaving me alone 5 days after having my baby and with no one there to help me. He left me alone all day, and did not come home until 9p.m. I finally sat down with him and had the guts to tell him that if this marriage was gonna work, he had to move SD out of our house and back with BM. DH admitted to making mistakes, and that he needed my help with raising SD. DH said for me not to be afraid of jumping in when I felt SD needed disipline. I thought it would work, and I was willing to try. When I did step-up to the plate, he shut me down, went against what I had to say in front of SD. This made SD see that my presence in this house wasn't important.

glynne's picture

Your DH's behavior is crazy. I know that you love the guy but he LEFT you alone after having HIS BABY for an audition??? Sounds like his sister understands what's going on - how about the rest of his family. Can anyone step up and talk sense to him?
Glynne