powered by match.com
Search for someone special
I am a seeking a between
&
within miles of
(Zip/Postal Code)
Profiles with photos only


UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone!
  Single Parents Online Chat Boards
  Parenting
  Have i lost the plot

Post New Topic  Post A Reply
profile | register | preferences | faq | search

next newest topic | next oldest topic
Author Topic:   Have i lost the plot
lifeisgood
Member
posted 06-10-2007 03:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lifeisgood   Click Here to Email lifeisgood     Edit/Delete Message
I am asking for any help and answers as i am struggling through trying to do whats best for me + my kids.

So after 6 months of battles with ex who left me with 2yr old + 8yr old as he fancied something else i have given up shouting at him over the phone, given up calling him in a rage when he didnt turn up to see the kids. He has chosen numerous times to see his fluff than to spend time with his kids....

Personally i have managed to get to the point of switching off. THe kids seem to be taking it in their stride and are happy enough. I am trying to be very honest + real with myself as i just want to run away. Run away so that i dont have to see him and hear his stupid comments, he always seems to be smirking, that stupid oh how clever am i, now i do whatever i want without crazy you on my case.

So realyy i am at a point where over the pset 6 months i have worked endlessly to get things back into some kind of order. Emotionally it seems ok but i know the edge is still close and tears are frequent but i feel i can hold it togther 80% of the time. I have sold both houses just buying another but wonder why ??? It feels like it could be a new start and so part of me just wants to take off. To start a new life miles away from him . Me + the kids and the future without the past rasing its ugly head and my confidence diving again.

Sorry but sometimes i just think F... you you chose to do this to our family....and i know that everyone says its good for them to see dad but do they really really need to, they seem better without him...when they do see him they came back sun burned, the little one subdued and so i wonder what really is best.

Cray maybe but i keep thinking that i will head out, take the kids + start a new life somewhere else. Really my plan is to get away from him.

So is this just anger from the deceipt + lies nad will it settle down before i s tart some hair raised expedition to the other side of the world for the wrong reasons that when i look back wiill realise i did it for the wrong reasons!!!!!

All views welcome as wondering if i am becoming that crazy single parent that he makes me out to be !!!

jrdmum
Member
posted 06-11-2007 01:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jrdmum   Click Here to Email jrdmum     Edit/Delete Message
Hi, I have a similar situation and believe me, it does sound so much easier to run away and start again but sadly I don't think that is the answer. The kids would have to start all over again also, new friends, new school, you would have to find new friends also. I see it as he would be winning by you leaving and starting again. I am 4 months into my "event" with a 10 week old baby and 4 year old, I bent over backwards to have my kids spend time with their father but he was not interested, would always find an excuse. In the end I gave up and stopped telling my son he would not be over. He figured it out for himself.He stopped asking. We suffer a lot more than our kids do. If your children seem happy enough to be with out him, don't push it. It is them that will realise what a loser their father is when they get older and they will not want to spend time with him. Its his loss.
It can make you crazy. I still have my bad days but I noticed they too are getter fewer. One day at a time.

All times are CT

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Administrative Options: Close Topic | Archive/Move | Delete Topic
Post New Topic  Post A Reply
Hop to:

Contact Us | Single Parents Online Network

© 2000-2007 Single Parents Online Network
Resources of Shared Experiences by Single Parents for Single Parents

Powered by: Ultimate Bulletin Board, Version 5.44a
© Infopop Corporation (formerly Madrona Park, Inc.), 1998 - 2000.

Search & Shop-Romance & Sexuality-Mind Body & Soul
Notes from a Single Mom-Notes from a Single Dad-Parenting
Jobs & Money-Share with Us-Links-Home