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How Often Do You Bicker with-Your Spouse Abt difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 279569" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>No, we don't bicker but we did feel the stress when difficult child 1 still lived at home. Since husband is the stepfather I was in charge of discipline and making appointments, handling school, etc. Sometimes I felt resentful that he got off "easy" but it was more resentment about my kids' dad dieing and leaving me with 3 kids to raise, none of them very easy! I also felt very guilty for a few years that husband had to put up with all this. He did know I came with 3 kids but neither of us realized how difficult difficult child 1 was going to be though I should have been able to predict it. I felt guilty too because we bought our house with an inheritance husband got from his mother and also we took out a $50,000 loan for difficult child 1's Residential Treatment Center (RTC). husband would have plenty of money to live on and could retire when he wanted to, etc. if he had not gotten involved with me and my family.</p><p></p><p>The good thing is we have managed to stick together and have fun together as we did when we were dating. I feel a strong bond due to our adversities--we have been through so much with these kids together that other people just can't understand (other than you guys of course).</p><p></p><p>Also, my husband is not like another kid--he vacuums, does dishes, takes care of the cars, the lawn, etc. We just somehow naturally divided up chores and neither one of us nags the other. I guess we basically see ourselves as a team and each does his or her part.</p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 279569, member: 3450"] No, we don't bicker but we did feel the stress when difficult child 1 still lived at home. Since husband is the stepfather I was in charge of discipline and making appointments, handling school, etc. Sometimes I felt resentful that he got off "easy" but it was more resentment about my kids' dad dieing and leaving me with 3 kids to raise, none of them very easy! I also felt very guilty for a few years that husband had to put up with all this. He did know I came with 3 kids but neither of us realized how difficult difficult child 1 was going to be though I should have been able to predict it. I felt guilty too because we bought our house with an inheritance husband got from his mother and also we took out a $50,000 loan for difficult child 1's Residential Treatment Center (RTC). husband would have plenty of money to live on and could retire when he wanted to, etc. if he had not gotten involved with me and my family. The good thing is we have managed to stick together and have fun together as we did when we were dating. I feel a strong bond due to our adversities--we have been through so much with these kids together that other people just can't understand (other than you guys of course). Also, my husband is not like another kid--he vacuums, does dishes, takes care of the cars, the lawn, etc. We just somehow naturally divided up chores and neither one of us nags the other. I guess we basically see ourselves as a team and each does his or her part. Jane [/QUOTE]
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