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Husband and I are divorcing, living together, hes taking my child around his g/f.

Hello, I've been reading over this site for a couple of months now and just decided to join and finally ask a question of my own.  Let me give you some insight to the situation first..

In July, the day before our 4 yr. anniversary my husband told me he didn't want to be with me anymore, wasn't happy, hadn't loved me for a while.. possibly a year.  He has given me many different reasons why, I'm jealous and can't get over the fact that he has a past, I worry and stress about money too much.. thus making it seem like I saw him as only a paycheck, etc. etc.  We were together for 6 1/2 yrs, married for 4.  We have a 3 1/2 yr old daughter.  During my fight to save our marriage I asked why he was fighting against it so bad, was there someone he wanted to talk to?  He then said yes, [name].  I knew he was talking with her, he told me it was for advice about our relationship from someone outside of our circle of friends.  He swears up and down that shes not the reason hes done this, he was leaving me before he started talking to her. [They grew up together, dated once or twice 10 yrs ago.. fell for eachother, went their seperate ways, found eachother online about a year ago]  I didn't see any of this coming... I still think that if shes not the whole reason this is happening, shes takes part in it some how.  He fights tooth and nail that she doesnt.  Ok so now for my question/concern.  She has a 6 yr old daughter from her first marriage [just went thru 2nd divorce], my husband has been around her and her daughter since he told me, and has even taken our daughter around both of them, without my knowledge and against my wishes.  They do things like they're a family, going to the park, going to the apple orchard.. those are only a cpl of things i know about.  It drives me nuts! They just went to the apple orchard today, the other day I asked him what if I said our daughter couldn't go?  He says 'I'd ask my mom to keep her and I'd still go, because if I can't do what I want with my daughter when it's my time with her, and this has been planned"  WTF is he doing?  He has been a good dad to our daughter, and he still is.. but for him to say he'd still go be with her and her daughter and leave mine behind because I say I don't want her around his "friend".  ???  I'm sorry this is so long, I just don't know what to do. I'm trying to just deal with it because whether i like it or not, or say i don't want it to happen.. he doesn't care.  Please let me know your take on this.. whether you agree or not.


by DBJ   11 Posts 
Posted on 10/5/2009 12:56 AM
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I sure hope karma comes in some time.  I can't help but think that his life is going to be peachy keen after all of this.  [Except for the fact that my daughter will most likely be with me the majority of the time].  He is staying in the house and I'm leaving because I can't afford it.. although I can't afford anything else either.  Looking for a better/second job but here in Michigan things aren't that great.  Just waiting for the final verdict so I can figure out what to do.  We go for our first court appearance in early December I believe.  Back to the g/f thing though.. I've told him since day one to wait on this.. wait until they're in a relationship, a stable one, and have been for a while.  Thats when you might introduce your child to someone.  He just says that people will be in and out of our daughters life her whole life and hes not sheltering her.  Ugh.  Part of me is still wondering how this all happened.. stuck.  It's only been a little over 2 months since he told me and that was a big shock.  I know it wouldn't work because I'd always wonder and the trust would not be there but I am just lost I guess.. and with this other girl in the picture it just makes it that much harder.  I've told him that and he just says 'only for you'.  What an ass!
by DBJ   11 Posts
Posted on 10/6/2009 12:12 AM
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This situation truely makes divorce so hard!! I am going through the same, I have a 3yr old boy.. At first it was horrible but I will say you do accept it. I had a prob (sometimes still) because of what I felt was replacement. NONEONE will EVER REPLACE YOU! As difficult as that may seem now to believe, it is true and children are not emotionally invested in the dynamics with adults. They do not know why u may not like this girl--at this age its truely about them. How this person is to them. If you try to view in a different way it will lessen the intense feelings you face. I do not care if my son kisses his teacher goodbye, or wants to play with one of my girl friends, or asks for his babysitter; I TRY to view stbx's gf in the same way. (I did say "try"-- sometimes I do want to rip her hair out)
by DiamondJay   51 Posts
Posted on 10/5/2009 10:11 PM
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I hear ya loud and clear...Im in a simular situation. 2 of my 3 kids were introduced to the GF a few weeks ago. I was LIVID. But now that Im over the anger Im ok with it. They did it all wrong, the kids may like her now but in time they will see the 2 of them for what they are.
My advice to you...let it go. I know hardest thing I ever did. But once you let it go it gets easier. Right now you two are just saying and doing things to piss eachother off. Talk to your daughter and see if she is OK with the GF, and let her know its OK that she knows her ect. Be the bigger person and the better parent. One day your daughter will thank you for that!
And remember Karma...
by KarmaISaBitch   3 Posts
Posted on 10/5/2009 1:09 PM
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