Showdown!!!
Ok ladies here it is the rendition of the bm showdown at the carah ranch!!!!
So bm and her father show up an hour early to drop off sd. Her father who I will refer to as dick comes to the door and says sd is very upset and won't come out of the car can u come out? So I go out lean in the car an say hey what's going on? Sd says nothing's going on. I say ok come on we have to do this and this. She says ok and undoes her seatbelt and pops out of the car and into my arms (sd is 4). Dick says to me we want to talk to you about arrangements for the school year so I said yes I want to talk to you too but first I am going to get sd settled in the house so she doesn't have to hear this. So I do that and come back out, I can tell dick has his barrels blazing. He starts to talk to me in a very disregarding controlling patronizing way about how their plan is to have sd during the week and they will bring her to school. I stated at him blankly (remember bm has to have supervised visits had license revoked because of drug use and she signed over full custody to bf). So I said in a semi calm voice first of alli don't allow my own father to speak to me in that tone of voice so I certainly not going to let you so change the tone. Secondly bf has decided that sd will be at our home/her primary residence Sunday night through Thursday night to go to and from school and you guys can work out the weekends. To this his reply was why does this need to be a dictatorship? This is the point in the story that mount carah blew. I said well you have just sat here and dictated to me and because he has full custody and your days of steam rolling and bullying bf and using sd as a guilt pawn over him are OVER!!!!! During this little rant bm finally opens her mouth and for everything I said was like wow,omg and othe juevenille comments, I turned to her and shouted grow up you are the exact reason we are I
In this situation. Dick says to me who are you to tell us how it is going to be your not the one who should be looking after her anyway. Now a little back story. Dick and his wife had "washed" their hands of bm they wrote a letter to the lawyer saying bm was unfit and totally supported bf having full custody. They were done helping her and blowing smoke up my ass about how great I was and how happy they were that sd had a happy, loving, stable environment with me and bf. so I said to him well bf and I have discussed this and since I care for her 95% of the time and she lives in my house I am relaying the message. Bm says well thats not the way it should be! So again I turned to her and said well that's the way it has been for the last 6 months and that is the way it is and let's take a step back and think about why it is that way!!!! Take a look in the mirror. She says we have joint custody now bf only had full custody until I was able to look after her. So I said so since when are you able to look after her I would think the supervised visits would have been lifted before custody was changed and you have given us nothing from a doctor or a drug test to tell us you are clean. So i told her to go back and read her paperwork. Dick starts in again with the reasons why sd should be with them during the week my responses to him are in the brackets. We are retired (well I work from home and if that's the case where have you been for the last 6 months) we have the room ( I have a 3000 sq ft house and 3 acres of land if I can't fit a 4 yr old in there then we have a problem) we have the time for her (again then where have you been for the last 6 months) we live 1/2 a mile from the school (we live around the corner from the school and it takes us 25 mins to get to your house so reset your odometer and check again) we can provide her a stable environment to this I stated at him and said are you implying that we don't or can't and haven't for the last 6 months????? He didn't say anything I then told them it was time for them to leave my property!!!!!! So they left there was a lot more squabbling and immature comments from bm but too much bs to write. I figured bf would be calling me shortly afterwards dealing with fallout but he heard nothing from them ( that might be dangerous cus who knows what they are coming up with in looney town) so I reiterated the conversation to him he said he was very proud of me to stand up to them and finally say what I needed to and he backed me 100%. And that we are a team, we will make the decisions and they will just have to deal with it so maybe we are getting it together and are finally getting on the same page and on the right path. Thanks for all the support ladies, chalk one up for carah. And I apologize for any grammar or spelling mistakes I was on a roll.
Sounds like you did a very
Sounds like you did a very good job, but be careful. BF really needs to be the one dealing with them. I know you provide care for the child and it sounds like you truly care about her as well, but they could be cooking something up. If BM's father is suddenly in the picture, they may have plans to try to change custody and visitation and things could be recorded without your knowing etc. I would tell BF he has to do the talking from here on out. Good job though!
I have thought about that too
I have thought about that too but I have held my tongue for long enough I needed to get it out it will be bf from now on but feel like we have set ground work to let them know we will not be bullied into what they want us to do.
I keep going back to dick
I keep going back to dick telling you to come out because the child was too upset to get out of the car... when obviously she wasn't. They lured you outside for a reason... for what I am not sure, but be careful
It's because she probably was
It's because she probably was upset. But when you feed into drama you get drama she does this all the time when her bm drops her off. Difference is she knows I don't give in or play the drama game so she doesn't even try it with me.
good for you! sounds like you
good for you! sounds like you have everything under control. I think maybe they didn't call your BF because they know they don't have a leg to stand on and knew better than to waste their time. Maybe they thought they could get their way by reaching some sort of an agreement with you instead and when that didn't work, they knew they were defeated! good job!
Thanks lucky7 but I would
Thanks lucky7 but I would guess they are not capable of thinking like that and are probably cooking something up. I had a friend here doing some work for me so I had him stand in the garage to witness everything so the crazy bitch couldn't say I assaulted her or something
Witness good. Don't hide
Witness good. Don't hide them - let them know they're being watched even if casually. But I agree with the others, you've had your day in the sun, in the future tell them to talk to your husband about issues but feel free to stand up to sass or tone of voice crap. Frankly I suspect BM's father has had enough of you.
Carah, you're right. If BF
Carah, you're right. If BF has custody, he will decide where SD goes to school. Plain and simple.
I really don't think this was a conversation for you to have had. Or for the grandfather to have had, either. There are too many "non parents" in this pot. BM and BF should discuss, decide, and deal with all issues regarding SD.
Yea this has been the problem
Yea this has been the problem that too many people have been involved usually her parents and try try to back bf into a corner so I finally decided that I have kept my mouth shut long enough and was going to make sure they knew their days of these tactics were over from now on its up to bf I have had my say and I'm sure they won't want to deal with me anyway yippee!!!!
Congrats Carah. Your BF is a
Congrats Carah. Your BF is a lucky man to have you has his partner.
Awwww thanks rags I tell him
Awwww thanks rags I tell him everyday lol