Anonymous wrote:Don't let your wife play you fiddle OP.
Sounds to me like she is blackmailing you and considering that it may involve an innocent life, that just shows that everything you stated is so right on.
I say, she needs to get herself into some decent therapy and work out her emotional/mental issues.
Until then, please try to make sure your daughter is not negatively affected by your wife.
Your DD is about to enter adolescence and the last thing she needs to deal w/is a mother who is unstable.
Good luck.
Anonymous wrote:Here's the background - DW and I have been married for over 10 years. We have a beautiful 12 year old girl. My wife has intimated over the years that she wants another child, however I have backed off from this because I basically see that DW has never been able to adequately manage being a parent. Everything is a crisis or drama, she tends to treat DD as some extension of her self and channels all of her fears, frustrations and needs for perfection into her child rearing. It makes me and DD crazy!
I have told DW that she needs to seek therapy to deal with her negative parenting issues, but she refuses. So, I have told her that I will not even seriously consider another child because she has shown me that she can barely manage the one we have and that it would not be good to bring another child into her crazy-making world. It is bad enough that DD has to suffer her mother's mood swings, her screaming and crying fits, etc.
Well, the other day DW is in a crying fit to me telling me how much she "needs" another baby and that it is my duty to provide her with one. Uhm, no, sorry dear, it is not my duty. You get healthy first, then we can discuss it.
Anonymous wrote:How about the smallest thing sets DW off on a tirade where she uses language towards her DH or DD that is best reserved for greedy corporations, thieving politicians or people eho torture small animals, not a life partner with run-of the-mill human foibles or a DD navigating the difficulties of adolescents.
For those of you who are critical that I am cold, uncaring, not affectionate towards his DW, perhaps that is because she has sucked it out of me. One minute she will tear another asshole in me, and the next she wants to cuddle on the couch snd be all lovey-dovey. I am sorry, but I do not work that way. As for protecting her? From what? Herself? My DD? When I actually told her once, she had DD in tears and called her "stupid'" and I stepped in to protect DD, she told me to STFU and get out. I told DD to go up to her room, and DW told her to stay the f**k where she is! Imtold her I has to protect DD from her tirades. She broke down crying hysterically "who is going to protect me?"
I am sorry, but where I grew up this is not normal adult behavior.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How about the smallest thing sets DW off on a tirade where she uses language towards her DH or DD that is best reserved for greedy corporations, thieving politicians or people eho torture small animals, not a life partner with run-of the-mill human foibles or a DD navigating the difficulties of adolescents.
For those of you who are critical that I am cold, uncaring, not affectionate towards his DW, perhaps that is because she has sucked it out of me. One minute she will tear another asshole in me, and the next she wants to cuddle on the couch snd be all lovey-dovey. I am sorry, but I do not work that way. As for protecting her? From what? Herself? My DD? When I actually told her once, she had DD in tears and called her "stupid'" and I stepped in to protect DD, she told me to STFU and get out. I told DD to go up to her room, and DW told her to stay the f**k where she is! Imtold her I has to protect DD from her tirades. She broke down crying hysterically "who is going to protect me?"
I am sorry, but where I grew up this is not normal adult behavior.
Then you can: a) seek marital counseling and/or b) seek the advice of a lawyer. It's jus hard to imagine that you have no role in this whatsoever. Your first paragraph of this post is filled with hatred and contempt. Maybe it's deserved, but if it's truly deserved, move on to something more productive.