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Question for SM's that have dealt with PAS.

3bk1sd's picture

I won't go into the long story of the past 6 years or hellishness my family has gone through, you can always read my previous posts if you're curious.
I just wanted some feedback from any other SM's here that have dealt with PAS. I somehow managed to stick it out for almost 6 years and finally one day DH realized that precious SD was in fact the cause of drama in our house. He told her that she could no longer come to our house unless she was ready to be respectful to me and not call me names. This was January 8 and she hasn't been back since. She did say that she would never come back if those were the new rules.

OK, so I figure this is probably pretty common, the SD is PAS'd, the SM gets sick of the hatefulness and nasty comments and tells her DH to make it stop. When the DH tries to disipline the SD he's immediately the "bad guy" and has chosen SM over SD. The SD decides to no longer have a realtionship with her dad and blame it on the SM. In fact it is really because of BM's insecurities and jealousy and constantly planting ideas in SD's head and telling her untrue things about her dad and I.

I feel guilty though, I'm sure I'll get over it and I'm very glad that the drama has ended but I would be heartbroken if one of my children decided to never talk to me again. I just don't want DH to end up blaming me. How should I deal with it? Should I try to talk to him about it or just let it go. He doesn't talk about it at all, he doesn't seem depressed or anything, in fact he was always so stressed before SD's visits and it feels like the tension in the house has vanished. It feels like we're ignoring the elephant in the room so to speak and I don't know how to bring it up.

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3bk1sd's picture

I am enjoying the peace. Two years ago we looked into getting a lawyer to fight the PAS. The lawyer we went to see is the best family law lawyer in the city and she told us to let it go. She said that we would have to spend thousands of dollars and in the end SD would still live with BM and we would have gained nothing. Perhaps DH has been waiting for this to happen.
I find it sad for these skids though, what are the BM's thinking? I can't imagine not wanting my kids to see their dad anymore. Even though he was a crappy husband he's still their dad and I am very careful not to say anything negative about him.

3bk1sd's picture

iwlass - I did ask DH once if he thought it was me and he said that it wouldn't matter who he was with, it would be the same thing. He does realize that BM and SD want him to live by himself and have no life other than the weekends SD is here. What a sad life that would be. I do see that lately he's been spending more one on one time with our daughter coloring and doing puzzels(she's 2 1/2). I think he's trying to make up for the times he missed with SD. I've decided to not bring it up unless he does.

SusiQ's picture

My SD was PAS for the get go - they got divorced when SD was an infant. She basically ingored DH for years. Just know that if you let it go, it's over. She will not see the light when she gets older.