A few issues...
Im a newbie on here, so apologies in advance for this rant but I need to get this outts me or I will explode!
I have been with my BF for over two years now, his wife left him 5 years ago and left him with three teenage boys. Two of them are no trouble at all, its just the one we are having trouble with. he has no boundaries, doesnt respect anyone including himself and has turned to alcohol and gambling to make himself feel better.
My major problem is that my BF is validating all of his behaviour and not seeing things from an objective perspective. We moved in togehter a while back and the youngest moved in with us as he is at college, the eldest one lives away from home and so did the middle one until I moved in with my BF.
As soon as I moved in the trouble started, which was one of my major concerns I had told my BF about before we moved. He assured me that under no circumstances was he moving in with us as there wasnt enough room and it was time he stood on his own two feet... That lasted for all of about a week....
My BF panders to his son's every need, as he says he feels guilty about their mom leaving when she did as she left and moved to another country a week before his 18th birthday. His son still has his mail sent to the old address where they all lived as a family and has made no attempt to change it so my BF has to have all the post redirected to the new house, we are currently storing most of his stuff at our new house and when I got home after a 12 hour shift at work i found that BF was doing sons washing too because hes meant to be going job hunting and to quote BF *He couldnt let him go out in dirty clothes*
About three weeks ago, middle son came to his dad and told him he was having trouble with alcohol as he had spent his entire weekly wage on beer and arcade machines and said he wanted some help.
So my BF agreed to help him and took him to see a doctor who recommended he get some counselling and see an alcohol support group. He agreed to this and said he was willing to give it a go.
The day before his appointment he decided he wasnt going, he was going on a trip with his mates instead. All his dad did was sigh and tell him it wasnt a good idea... he didnt evern *try* to stop him.
Middle son now has been kicked out of his rental place and has had to move in with a friend (BF is currently taking time out of work to help him move...) who just happens to live round the corner from our new place.
Im reaching the limit of my patience with this now and wish my BF would see that middle sons behaviour just isnt acceptable and he *has* to move on with his life as he is stopping his dad moving on with his. Its not me so much Im bothered about but both of them, theyre wasting their time on this stupid battle and not getting anywhere.
The guilt thing I don't
understand? Did your BF do something to make there mom leave, abuse ect? Doesn't make sense to me why he would be feeling guilty if he did nothing wrong? Plus, if everyone would stop feeling sorry for things that happen and teach these kids to pick themselves back up dust themselves off and deal with life they would not have so many freaking issues. Sounds to me like this kid is having issues because he is afraid that because of you, he is going to loose his dad like he did his mom. Crazy sounding I know? But that is the only thing I can think of. Also if he is having alchol issues, daddy cannot hold his hand and make him go to the classes its up to the boy to go. I say boy because he is not acting like a man. Sad to say that you are probably feeling some resentment now and obviously its effecting your relationship with your BF. Have you tried to talk to him? (I am sure you have?) I know where you are coming from as I have a SS who is 22 almost 23 and still lives in our home and cannot save a dime or grow up. Although he is moving out here in September.
I don't have a lot of advice as I am in the same predicament, minus my SK mom did not leave there life.
Good luck...
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Their mom left because...
they took on a huge mortgage and their dad had to work three jobs to pay the bills so they never saw each other, so the relationship just broke down. She also cheated on him with a guy on the internet and moved away to live with him whilst my BF was at work. She said she felt unappreciated etc and had to go and look for comfort elsewhere, and she has now remarried.
I spoke to my BF about middle son over the weekend and he said he does understand where Im coming from and knows I am feeling a lot of resentment but he doesnt know what to do about it. This weekend has just been hellish as well which hasnt helped my mood at all. Friday night middle son went out with youngest son clubbing and lost his keys to his mates house so ended up staying at ours... and it got progressivley worse after that, with the one night we didnt get to sleep until 4.00 am because middle son had worried his dad so much with something he said to him before he left to go to stay with his mate.... yet he *still* didnt tell him he was disrupting everyone in the house. I wouldnt mind so much if my BF didnt have to get p at 5.00 to go to work over the weekend as he works shifts.