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My husband and i being torn apart by our children........advice anyone?

bradybunch6's picture

I have posted this in another forum as well, im just trying to get some helpful advice here.Now to start off I know that my children are far from innocent. My boys are typical boys and yes I have a three year old who is very whinny and i Know that is enough to get under anyones skin. Here where the problems come in. My step children are 11, 9 and 7. My children are 12, 9 and 3. My husband has 1 boy, he is the oldest and two daughters. I have three boys. My boys have only had me in their lives. Their father didnt stick around so all the rough n tough stuff kinda fell short with these three. They are kinda sissyfied i guess you could say. I hate to say that but i guess its true, so im finding out here. My step children have always had their dad arounf and all three of them are very rough n tough n all that stuff and totally out of control. My husbands past marriage i guess you could say wasnt all that great and his ex wife and himself used the kids against eachother which was bad on their parts, i know. Now with having said that, its made it harder on my children and i. My step children do not listen, are far from hygenic, do not pick up after themselves at all n will destroy my nice clean home with in 30 min. of arriving. They will eat up all our food n waist 75% of it n leave it laying out everywhere. I had to get rid of my lovely dog that i had ever since she was 4 weeks old-i had her for 3 years-because they were mean to her and nothing i said mattered. Here is where it gets really bad. My 11 year old step son will beat up on my 9 year old on a regular basis,my 3 year old as well. He not only does this to my children but to his sisters as well. I feel sorry for those girls casue everything he does to anyone seems to b justified, all because they either defend themselves or are doing something that he decides he is interested in. My step son will call me anything but a white woman and he has seriously hit me with the highest intention of hurting me. HE CAN KICK!!!! i've had bruises left on my children and i both. He has bit the crap out of his sisters and dern near drew a serious amount of blood. He talks to his father with a serious lack of respect. Shown my 3 year old porn on the internet after waking him up in the middle of the night. He also did this to my 9 year old as well. He teaches my kids things that i feel they have no business knowing about. My kids have been somewhat shelterd from the harsh things in this world and i have been comfortable with that. His daughters, well they take advantage of knowing the fact that my boys are not allowed to hit girls. They will intentionally beat on or push around my boys knowing that if my boys hit them they will get in trouble. When i go to say something about it though, its all my boys are sissy's cause they are complaining about being pushed arounf and getting beat up by a girl. I don't know about anyone else but if when someone is sitting there smacking n hitting you n you cant do anything about it, its frustrating and someome needs to do something about it. I have almost left my husband several times because there is absolutely no need for my boys especially to have to go through this. everytime i go to say something though about the things that are being done its all justified. my kids are annoying and need to know not to do this or they were running their mouth so they got put in their place or well if my boys dont wanna get hurt they shouldnt mess with them. #1 if my boys defend themselves when the get hit or pushed, they get beat up, when they run their mouths its because they are being called horrible names and are sticking up for themselveso n they still get beat up, if my 9 year old is stickn up for my 3 year old he gats beat up, if my boys are doing something my step son decides he wants to do and my boys say no, they get beat up. when i go to do smoething about it i get hit by my step son or get scorned because my step son basically rules the roost. When i did once decide to take a xbox game away i got sidekicked hard as he!! in the side and then has his bm down my throat for it. all because my step son grabbed my 3 year old by the throat. Their bm tells them they dont have to listen to me and that my kids shouldnt get away with anything. I mean this woman tell them things that are just right down not true and horrible. I sell pills and do meth. Im a sleezy whore and i want nothing to do with my kids and have signed them awway to their father. when my boys father donesnt have anything to do with them. I confronted her about this and can you believe that she had on op saying that i was subjecting her kids to a harsh enviroment. I didnt even raise my voice at her, i was a adult about it all. She is the one who got hostile. Her kids will even make up lies and say that i beat my kids and that i dont feed them and i do all sorts of horrible things. I am a strict parent and was raised a certain way. i just want to raise my children the same and would like to incorporate these rules into their lifes cause my step children have NONE!!!! This only half of the problems and im sure prolly most ppl stopeed reading this after the firt 5 sentences but i need some help here casue if i cant figure out a way to help my step children and i make it through this and get them to atleast have some respect for us when they are their then i will have no choice but to lose the one thing ive longed for my whole life, my husband. we are great together but when it comes to our kids we r to protective and defensive n i know deep down inside he agrees with me on some aspects but he has daddy issues himself and thats why my step children have ended up this way. Has anyone out there had similiar issues or does anyone have any helpful advice that may help me help my family. I dont really think walking out on them is any way to take care of the situation besides letting them know they've won, or atleast thats how i feel thet will look at it. I want to help them not desert them. they need stucture and want to be able to be the one to help guide them but i cant risk my own childrens well being. Honestly, i think i need counseling after all this.

oneoffour's picture

Leave. Now.

Think about 10 yrs time when your kids have nothing to do with you because you stayed with an abusive family and allowed your sons to be fodder for their step siblings agression.

It is not your job to redirect your stepkids behaviour. This is their parents job, not yours. If you are being physically attacked and disrespected and your kids are attacked all the time by a family of Bullies (because this is what they are)then you need to formulate an exit plan. Save to leave. Do not tell your kids. Find a new place to live and make arrangments. It may take you weeks (hopefully) or months. Rent an apartment and arrange to move out.
When everything is set in stone you tell your DH over dinner when his kids and your kids are not there that you and your sons are moving out. You will not allow your sons to be bullied anymore and you are very disappointed he allows his son to be so aggressive and hit women, namely you and his sisters. You will give him and yourself 5 months to think about your marriage and whether it is worth staying for. If he wants in, ther eis going to have to be some major changes. If he is not interested in making these changes then divorce will happen.

But you need to make it VERY clear to your husband that if he wants to continue to be married to YOU then things need tp permenently change. Although it sounds like he is as much a bully as his kids are. Yes, leave. Walk away. Save your sons self esteem.

mommyrose's picture

abuse is unacceptable...you are your kids' mom...defend them...protect them...love them,,,, leave now!

mella's picture

Yeah I tried to read that but you lost me about halfway through.

Paragraph breaks are your friend (that's the key on your keyboard that says "enter.") I'm sorry to sound harsh, but if you want to get people's advice, make your post legible.

Disneyfan's picture

Leave

Dumby's picture

If you do not protect your children then who will. It is your place to make sure your kids are not subjected to harm. Leave this situation ASAP.

There is no way I would allow my stepkids to bully my son. But I also would not allow my son to bully my stepkids.

You know what you need to do so do it.

my.kids.mom's picture

I can't believe after reading all that your concern is "i need some help here casue if i cant figure out a way to help my step children and i make it through this..."

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!!!!!!!!

Your kids are being beat up and sexually abused (which porn is) and you are doing nothing! I hate to break it to you, but if someone in real life knew all this and they report it, you could lose your kids. As a matter of fact, if I knew this was going on with someone I knew, I would report it. Get the f*&% out now and don't look back. YOUR kids are your responsibility. If your husband doesn't have the sense to see what's going on, I wouldn't even bother explaining to him. Just go. NOW.

bethann08's picture

Where is your husband during all this? What kind of excuses could he possible have to justify his children's behavior in general, let alone, toward his wife.

I can't imagine your pain & frustration. I have a very whiny ss who grates on my nerves & my son's a lot. My son is not a bully but occasionally he has a hard time expressing his frustration w/his step brother & hauls of & hits him. I do not tolerate physical abuse of any kind from any of my children, no matter the reason or if it could be justified by taunting or antagonizing.

My husband & I occasionally get defensive in certain situations when it comes to our children, but we always discuss our differences & try to come to a middle ground.

To me if your husband is allowing his son to abuse his wife, it's no better than him doing the abusing.... Easier said than done, but it sounds like your in a destructive relationship and you needed to get out, but I'm not there & you can only do what you believe is right.

Do what you have to do to protect yourself and your children.

Orange County Ca's picture

When you got to the part where the kid kicked you and beats up on all the children I had read enough. Time to leave.

Tell hubby that you're not divorcing but doing what you should have done in the beginning. Maintain seperate households and date when possible. Probably it will end in a divorce but this action may save the day. After all the kids are grown you can move back with each other.

Meanwhile try to find a father figure for your boys.

Don't wait until a kid has a broken leg or a ruptered spleen and bleeds to death.

notthebradybunch6's picture

I thought things were bad for me. That is an IMPOSSIBLE situation. Totally unacceptable.

steptwins's picture

Do you love those skids? Have you tried to have a relationship with each of them? HAH HA. Just joking btw. RUN!

Everyone has stuff's picture

Are your parents in the picture? I know RUN seems like the best answer but if we all think about it, it's really hard to do. I am a mother of 3 and have been married twice so running for me is the last choice I have....

If your parents are involved in your life make plans for your kids to visit them on the weekends. When the SKIDS are over put as much responsibility on their dad as possible. Find reasons to be out of the house most of the weekend with your kids. I know that it may be hard to do but it's easier then picking up and leaving and raising your 3 kids on your own. If no grandparents are around plan sleep overs for them... Get them out of the house. My soon to be SD9 isn't teaching my kids bad things or getting physical with my kids but she is throwing very big fits so I have just told my kids to walk away and act like she isn't there. Eventually they will see people don't want to be around them.

Good luck... keep us posted!

mommyrose's picture

pray...

Lokin72783's picture

:O Just go ahead and leave not even with an ultimatum. Your kids and you are being abused physically and mentally when they get a little older there is no telling what else might happen , kids are cruel and do some of the most un imaginable things . I'm going through something similar and I don't want to lose my husband because I'm still very much in love with him after 8 years of marriage . I literally have had everything ive ever worked for and dreamed of taken away from me. These past 8 years have changed me! I became addicted to pain medication i became hateful i became bitter ! I am not an addict anymore its been 3 years . I used to be so happy outgoing fun bubbly and my SS destroyed my Life and it can never be repared! Anyways BM kept SS away from us for almost 3 years said they moved to Ohio but that wasnt true . The past 3 years my husband and I (BD) and our Kids had actually became a real close knit family and we respected one another they have had consistency in their lives everything going picture perfact. I also had just found out In April that I was pregnant ! It wasn't planned but I already have 2 girls and had wanted to try before for a boy but it was un realistic because of the issues we had had to face 3 yrs prior . Well I'm 4 months pregnant with a baby Boy Life was going perfect. Until Last Wednesday we ran right into my husbands Bio daughter it was crazy strange we followed her in the store which lead us to BM come to find out they have lived 30 min away for the past 3 years . My husband was ecstatic to see his Kids his Bio daughter is 10 and the most caring sweetest thing in the world I love her to death but the SS is 9 and has always been very manipulative . He lies , and Whines all the time to get his way , he plays me and my husband against each other , he will hit himself and say I did it (he's been caught doing so) just a lot of other things . The BM said he could only see them if I wasn't there so I went along with it and husband spent whole day and evening wih them ! Friday he calls and wants them for the weekend , he didn't warn me didn't ask me he just totally went behind my back him knowing what ss had put me through before some how he talked bM into letting them stay till Monday . Well Fri and Sat thru the afternoon was good but when I told all four kids no more computer for the day I had some outside activitys planned ss went behind my back and told his dad that I said he wasn't allowed on compt anymore . Then my husband asked me to pick a restraunt to go to so we went to this real nice BBQ rest kinda like chilies we get in there and he tells his dad the smell in the restraunt is making him sick and starts fake gagging and put his shirt over his nose he was Absolutly humiliating us both but BD wouldn't say anything but I told him to stop and start eating. Well when we got home it drew that final line for me he was sitting talking to my little girls and SD telling them how much he hated me and that he just tells his dad that stuff so he will yell at me ! My husband is over protective of him and treats all the other kids differently even his BDaughter it's very clear who his pick is! He bought the new Samsung Galaxy Note and forbid the girls to play on it cuz it had the android game system and they were ready to play ! But Nope the girls have gotten their butts spanked for just picking it up but yesterday he handed it over to his BS HOW UNFAIR IS THAT? I love my husband and I love my SD but I cannot do this any longer. I will not bring another child into this environment . Fussing Fighting Yelling it's not fair to my kids my SD and myself. I mentioned counseling but he thinks his son does no wrong ! Now 3 children will be affected by this just because of a vendictive child who has no rules no consequences no nothing and this may sound extreme but I will not allow my husband have the baby if his BS is there. He has hurt his sisters and no telling what he would do to the new baby and it being he's not the ONLY BOY ANYMORE! Oh I almost forgot the most important part my husband went and bought him a toy which was severel diff little skate boards called Tech Decks well he had them scattered all over the floor and @ bedtime said ss pick everyone of these up cuz someone could step on one and get hurt real bad immediately he said really how? I said cuz of how small they are and they have wheels on them someone could slip and bust their heads . He didn't say anything else and picked up his mess I went upstairs to the bathroom washed face brushed teeth and not 5 min later he came knocking saying he had to pee know we have 3 baths so I came out headed down stairs and fell down 9 stairs somehow a little skateboard got placed on the 2nd to top stair we have hardwoods which made it worse . I know for a fact i am 150% certain that the skateboard was not on that stair when i went up. And he had ran out of bathroom when he heard me thankfully im ok and baby is so far ok but asked him if he went to pee he said yes well he never flushed if he did so i walked up and nothing in the toilet he then said oh yeah i got to the bathroom and it passed i didnt have to pee anymoreTonight they are all staying in a Hotel I am home packing my husbands things I'm not leaving my home and up rooting my children . If your SC are doing thinhgs now IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE ! PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILDREN