Disrespectful SK
I have been struggling with resentment with my SK both adult girls 19,21. One lives with us and the other is away with mother for now. Both girls are entitled and have phone, car, car insurance paid for by father. Both have been so disrepectful to my husband as well as myself many times. My husband and I had house rules we made for everyone and they have been broken. What we didn't agree on is the consequences. I feel my husband is lacking in discipline and boundaries. I have resentment growing because they are adults but very immature and expect dad to rescue them from any crisis. There have been major outbursts in the home more than three times and once where I asked them to leave and they didn't. I am compassionate and know boht of them have struggled with divorce and feeling like they are losing dad. I just can't handle kids being rude and no follow through with consequences. I know my problem is with husband not kids. We are getting marital counseling to deal with step family dynamics. Any feedback would be good. I have two boys who live with us 14,16. They both have adapted to our home and life. My oldest has had one time talked back to my husband about budding out. I handled it swiftly and told him that respect must be given to adults in this house. How do you deal with this blended life successfully without getting bitter?
Bitterness
Comes with the territory sometimes. There are some things that you can do:
1. Disengage completely from the Skidults. Do not clean up after them, cook for them. "ask your father" is your mantra.
2. If they leave messes, let your Dh deal with it. Ask him nicely "sweety can you clean your mess here? Oh thats Skidult Moocher's mess? Oh, can you please take care of it for me?"
3. If you are able to, separate finances and only pay your fair share. Do NOT PAY YOUR ONEY to support lazy ungrateful disrespectful skidults.
4. If they continue to verbally abuse you, and husband, then you MUST have a huge heart to heart about repercusions. AND give concrete deadlines. You are allowed to give deadlines for moveout. You are allowed to cut them off financially yourself, if you must you can use the "community property clause" of your marriage (you know the old joke "whats yours is mine...") then use it and stand firm. These are not little kiddos that need support they are adults and your DH is not doing them any favors by enabling them to be disabled.
Awesome that
You will get counsel...maybe bring up enmeshment, but after the counselor gives their diagnosis.
Ask your dh if his parents would have let HIM treat THEM that way. Probably not as my dh admitted. It is called ...I need the kids to give me ego boost or whatever and I reward them for that.
DH is selfish. He is obviously gaining something even from the disrespect otherwise he would stop it...selfish especially since you are getting wounded too. He does not at this point care enough about your pain to make the source of it stop.
Love protects. Our SO's need to love us not take for granted that we will play the game they are playing to our deep hurt.
Can you ignore skids? Refuse to have anything to do with them. Don't tolerate DH complaining how they use him...remind him that he has choices and can stop giving into them at any time...and he can address WHY he gives in to them in therapy.
The fact that SO's hurt us and allow us to hurt by their choices has to stop. You are right. The skids are not your issue...don't be around them n protect your peace. Its all on your dh and his choices...keep him accountable!!
I hope counsel works...we are going in sept and although I know our issue is emotional incest, I am gonna go in there acting like I don't have a clue why there is so much hurt in my marriage (not gonna mention skids) and see if the counselor is worth their salt and can pinpoint the enabling and enmeshment. That way the counselor is the bad guy to nail DH on his choices of behavior.
I was married to a narcissist before n we went to marriage counsel. Well, as narcs do, my dh at the time charmed the counselor ...and so then everything was my fault. Another counselor told us we didn't have any problems. Narcissists are a whole other type of crazy roller coaster ride!!
PS
Major outbursts...when they happen...go into another room n call the police... for disturbing the peace...if any other adult was in your home having an outburst wouldn't you call the cops? I would tell no one I called...just let the cops show up
Michee359, you said "Both
Michee359, you said "Both girls are entitled and have phone, car, car insurance paid for by father. Both have been so disrepectful to my husband as well as myself many times. My husband and I had house rules we made for everyone and they have been broken." It seems more and more when adult kids are given things they behave in this way. They aren't given enough responsibility and aren't being held accountable. If they were required to work, support themselves, and pay their own bills then they wouldn't have time for this bs. That's exactly why I'm not dating or being in a relationship with a man who has able-bodied adult kids that he financially supports.
You also said "I have resentment growing because they are adults but very immature and expect dad to rescue them from any crisis." Yes, and they are going to keep expecting him to rescue them as long as he is foolish enough to continue doing it. I think rules about when financial help stops for adult kids should be discussed early on even in some instances prior to going on the first date so hopefully the two can be on the same page or cut their losses early on. (I tried this, but unfortunately the man lied to me until he couldn't lie to me anymore and I dumped him).
You said "There have been major outbursts in the home more than three times and once where I asked them to leave and they didn't." Wait, you asked them to leave? No, I would have TOLD them to leave. Someone correct me if I am wrong but I don't think being kind, compassionate, or understanding works with these type of stepkids. I wouldn't let them run my house, and I would have a launch date for them within the next 90 days or sooner.
They are adults hell bent on sabotaging daddy’s love live
instead of focussing on their own and launching.. why? Because daddy has the money, you are stealing it from them!!!
Thats the common scenario with miniwives and any divorced dads with daughters.
mine actively have been over the past 2 years telling hubby to transfer his assets to the skids only despite us having 2 young kids that hubby is responsible for providing for and their future. Not gifting assets to skidults who refuse to launch!!
i told hubby i would not remain in this marriage until he protected our futures and those of our young kids as i would not be fighting with a psycho exwife and 3 skids over your assets etc.
hubby bought a home in my country solely in my name. Between me and exwife, hubby trusts me more and he knows he can’t trust his kids to ensure if hubby were no longer here, that our kids got the same financial support as their dad gave to them paying for university and their full education. If dad died, they’d try to do a runner with all the money!!
i disengaged fully and want nothing to do with them. Our home in my country will never have them in it and i refuse to go back to our marital home with ss in it.. He enjoys abusing us and makes excuses for it
Shamds you said "They are
Shamds you said "They are adults hell bent on sabotaging daddy’s love life instead of focussing on their own and launching.. why? Because daddy has the money, you are stealing it from them!!!" This sounds so spot on. It really does seem to revolve around money (no matter the amount) and them not wanting to work to take care of themselves. What ever happened to the concept of teaching kids how to work and support themselves rather than looking for handouts?
My husband grew up with that old school mentality
Money doesn’t grow on trees and you worked hard to earn everything not have it handed on a silver platter...
eldest sd is the worst thinking she is the alpha female and controlled what haooens with my 2 young kids who were 2.5 and 1. Nope not happening!! I shut that shitstorm down quickly.
The month beforw settlement of our home would happen, hubby told skids... magically eldest sd who was 24 at the time and been in full time employment for 10 months earning $2600 per month magically was available to meet daddy for lunch when normally “too busy”.
seems her finding out a giant chunk of inheritance money (actually daddy’s retirement savings) was going to buy a home for daddys whore wife and 2 young kids... my husband felt that he had a duty to provide for our little kids and knowing skids are dysfunctional just like bio mum and controlled by her, hubby is the sole provider and reason why they got a good education and eldest 2 went to university, his youngest has another 3.5 yrs to go till she will be at university.
hubby felt our kids needed the same privilege and he didn’t trust telling skids that if daddy is no longer there, they need to be fair and ensure our 2 kids get the same level of education as them, meaning don’t be greedy and demand a large chunk of my estate when the playing field aint levelled
hubby truly didn’t trust them so he levelled that playing field by force. He knew he would have a divorce on the cards if he didn’t. I don’t deal in wishful thinking. Responsible parents ensure dependent kids (aka minors) are provided for legally. It’s irresponsible to hope for the bet that your elder kids and psycho exwife would be fair when they never have..
sd late last yr (a year after hubby told her when she hd a full time job she would get no more allowance), told daddy he needed to continue it indefinitely until ahe got a permanent position because she is on contract for 3 yrs. she was a dipshit who couldn’t negotiate a permanent contract or find a company who could..
now this is being used as an excuse indefinitely for a free income. $3600 per month ($2600 salary, $1000 from daddy)
hubby also has told his retirement fund i am sole ingeritor of his pension savings. Why? Because hubby expected he would die possibly whilst our kids are minors in primary school but 2 skids are adults, 1 is gonna be an adult in 3.5 yrs so hubby expected she would be an adult.
as adults they shouldn’t expect or rely on daddy inheritance money!! Hubby wanted to ensure our kids were provided for financially. Since exwife hasn’t worked in 26.5 yrs, hubby has been sole provider for those 3 kids, it’s hypocritical to tell me i am jointly responsible for our 2.
i am at university fulltime in lockdown in my country (5.5 hrs flight overseas from my husband) with 2 kids aged 4.5 & 3 and haven’t seen my husband for 4.5 months already and expected i cannot see him for 1 yr at least. Its looking more at like 15.5 months before we can visit unrestricted. How exwife can play pity me party for not getting a job almost 3 decades is mind boggling.
I should be in fulltime employment by early 2022 hopefuly and no doubt skids and exwife will chuck a hissy fit at our household income. But we worked our arses off. Freeloaders don’t benefit in the end
Some women are just plain delusional !!
The bm has said for 7 years she is getting her own house away from her garbage bf. She has told me before I'll have my own place in two weeks and I will wash their clothes and put clean sheets on their beds!! I have yet to see her even have a bed for them much less do thier laundry ! But in her world and my skids worlds she is doing the best she can and she is a wonderful example of a woman . Wrong she is a mooch who sucks on the taxpayers hard earned money ! She thinks bc she birthed them she can claim them on taxes we put a stop to that when we got custody. First day of tax season she filed one kid illegal but my husband is to busy he said to deal with all that ! So she gets the money and doesn't spend a dime on her kids. She is ghosting them most of the time till the money is gone. Then wa la she is back and nobody even acknowledges how ridiculous this crap is. She tells the skids that all I do is take their dads money that it's not ky money and anytime I buy them anything ( which I am disengaging do won't happen again $.) she would say yes she just spends his money !! We are married and I am a homemaker and I do consider it work bc it is . She doesn't worn has been looking for a job for years also. I think that some people are just sorry they are no good and will not change . It's the way they are bc I couldn't see making a cConscious choice to do the things she does. I think it is great you made sure you and your kids are taking care of . You have every right and they would take the money and not think twice about you and your kids
Shamds, its good you figured
Shamds, its good you figured out how to handle things. Sounds like things have been going in your favor. You said "eldest sd is the worst thinking she is the alpha female and controlled what happens with my 2 young kids who were 2.5 and 1. Nope not happening!! I shut that shitstorm down quickly." Way to go hahaaa! But my question goes back to ask why these men allow these nobodies to dominate them? What man other than their fathers would ever tolerate them? I like peacefulness and respect. So when I realized my ex had all this mess going on with his adult kids, I was livid. No way was he bringing that toxic crap into my life.
It isn’t just men. I have an
It isn’t just men. I have an almost identical situation here except I'm stuck with DW's rude & childish 24-year old daughter. Everything you've said - I feel your pain. SD has DW in her pocket because DW is too scared to say anything to her. All I can suggest is a heart to heart with your partner and try to arrange disengagement - i.e avoid all contact.
It's maddening! It's putting
It's maddening! It's putting a wedge between my husband and I.