I suggest therapy for your bitterness. |
Not bitter. It's a fact that we got shafted. |
I suggest you close your legs to married men, whore, instead of lashing out on DCUM when people comment on situations that remind you of yours. You had better hope DH's money lasts because the kids from the first marriage are growing into their own as the man you poached gets older and less able to maintain his lifestyle. |
That all may be true. I'm sure it is, in fact. But glee at your half siblings' deprivation is very different than a lack of pity. If you don't tecognize that, you have a very shaky grasp on he definition of karma. |
Who are you to decide what feelings are valid in this situation? Screw off. |
NP, all of these details don't make you less of a bitch, just so you know. |
I'm not that PP but I feel the same way. You need meds- you've run off the rails. And no, no whoring going on here. |
NP. The other women, second wives, and future mistresses are really showing up in their numbers in this thread. ![]() |
So sad, I could have written this, right down to the cutting child support to pay for fertility treatments. Kids are heartbroken, especially the youngest, who stands by the door hoping and waiting for Daddy to come on his appointed day and time. I worry that they are learning from Dad to accept very little scraps of attention from future loved ones. But, in a way I also feel sad for his future kids and girlfriend/future wife. She doesn't know the full picture of his mental illness, and he will be 70 when his kids with her turn 15, if he even lives that long or stays with her. |
Not OP or PP, but I spent years coaching Ex how to treat our kids fairly. I finally got tired of it. He will reap what he sows. It is not reasonable to expect children that are forgotten and not cared for to care for other siblings who were treated better. Good relationships require investment -- of time, money and love -- if you don't put in, it's not reasonable to expect a return without investment. Blood doesn't require one to tolerate abuse or unfair behavior. |
Nope, I don't have to give and I won't unless the court forces me. His choice to have more babies should have no bearing on my finances. I am not taking less money because he has more kids with some new woman. The court order doesn't say he can do that either. |
This. If a man can't afford to have more children without taking care of his existing children, who he has a legal obligation to provide for, then he has no business having more kids. Period. |
What? I'm not anyone in any of these situations? I'm a whore? |
Right. But there's no way to stop him and once those other kids are in the picture, his income gets split as it will. The court can't make him create more money though it can take as much away form him as is legally possible. |
What do you mean his income gets split as it will? He has a legal obligation to the first set of kids. If he creates a second set, they'll have to live on what is left after the first set is paid for, as the court decided. |