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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 112902" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>J, </p><p></p><p> I understand where you are coming from. I married the oldest dysfunctional son in a family of dysfunctional children - 6 to be exact. As the married wife and not the girlfriend of the oldest child - somehow it fell on me to do "things" for Mom. Wanna swap stories? I painted her house by myself, I detailed her car once a month, I took her food, gave her money, kept her son as straight as I could and I got sucked into the entire "FAMILY IS BLOOD" thing - </p><p></p><p>I had said - once, to my x "Once I go - you're mom will be dead within 5 years because no one else takes care of her in this pack of wolves." It actually took 7 - but eventually they literally did kill her. </p><p></p><p>So I do know what you are going through. I'd get calls to babysit so they could go drink with Mom, and if I refused OH HOLY NIGHT - Goodness no, I wasn't allowed to have a life - I was to keep an immaculate house, work 3 jobs, take care of my son, and take care of her. I was wound so tight - when I did finally leave my x for abuse and battery - I didn't sleep more than 3 hours a night for almost 4 years. I was on 80 mg. of valium a day and really haven't found out how to mellow out until just the last few years with difficult child being out of the house and DF helping me relax. </p><p></p><p>Question: Are you doing this because you are being threatened by your hubby? Or do you do this because you are just trying to fit in and it rolled down a hill? </p><p></p><p>We're listening -</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 112902, member: 4964"] J, I understand where you are coming from. I married the oldest dysfunctional son in a family of dysfunctional children - 6 to be exact. As the married wife and not the girlfriend of the oldest child - somehow it fell on me to do "things" for Mom. Wanna swap stories? I painted her house by myself, I detailed her car once a month, I took her food, gave her money, kept her son as straight as I could and I got sucked into the entire "FAMILY IS BLOOD" thing - I had said - once, to my x "Once I go - you're mom will be dead within 5 years because no one else takes care of her in this pack of wolves." It actually took 7 - but eventually they literally did kill her. So I do know what you are going through. I'd get calls to babysit so they could go drink with Mom, and if I refused OH HOLY NIGHT - Goodness no, I wasn't allowed to have a life - I was to keep an immaculate house, work 3 jobs, take care of my son, and take care of her. I was wound so tight - when I did finally leave my x for abuse and battery - I didn't sleep more than 3 hours a night for almost 4 years. I was on 80 mg. of valium a day and really haven't found out how to mellow out until just the last few years with difficult child being out of the house and DF helping me relax. Question: Are you doing this because you are being threatened by your hubby? Or do you do this because you are just trying to fit in and it rolled down a hill? We're listening - [/QUOTE]
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