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re: Ask the OT - how would you handle this - wedding drama

Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:43 pm to
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:43 pm to
make this shareable
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
7758 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:44 pm to
“If you can’t love her at her worst then you don’t deserve her at her best” - unknown hairdresser
Posted by RockinDood
Member since Aug 2020
1020 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:45 pm to
She’s looking for you to be the dad her kids never had. If it’s for you then do it but it sounds like it’s not. If that’s the case cut your losses and move on. Not worth tying up everyone’s feelings and resources in something “trying to make it work.”
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
8527 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:46 pm to
Leave this woman. Now. I mean NOW. Like tonight. Right NOW.
Posted by Tigertittie
Member since Sep 2021
676 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:47 pm to
Deal breaker #1

A little background. GF has two kids from a previous relationship.

Deal breaker #2

Baby daddy is a degenerate drug dealer (who has spent time in prison for such).

What the hell are you thinking baw?
Posted by Rick9Plus
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2020
2237 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:50 pm to
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I agree with you. I couldn't be with someone who didn't love my kids. OP would be doing them all a favor to end it now.


This is a selfish way to think, IMO. Just because someone is in a relationship with you, they have to automatically sprout feelings of love for your kids? They have to treat them with kindness and respect, yes, but love? Your kids are people. People that your SO doesn’t know, doesn’t remember as cute babies. Expecting a woman (or man) to instantly love them is unrealistic. Expecting your kids to instantly love your SO is unrealistic. All involved have personalities and feelings separate from you and your feelings. How the people involved act and treat each other makes a difference. You have to manage your people and not expect them to just fall in line. The only thing they have in common with each other in the beginning is you.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
172489 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:52 pm to
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A little background. GF has two kids from a previous relationship. Baby daddy is a degenerate drug dealer (who has spent time in prison for such). I really don't care for the eldest child - she ran away last year and that resulted in a long and expensive custody battle with lots of drama. This kid is a mean little shite and has a mouth that makes you want to wash it out with soap (not my kid - so can't do anything but try to avoid interacting with the kid).

Maybe she will dump you over this drama and save you from this mess.
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
30810 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:53 pm to
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Leave this woman. Now. I mean NOW. Like tonight. Right NOW.


I am a hopeless romantic (see my concern with volsout4harambe’s romantic drama thread) but everything about this screams RUN.

I see no way that this ends remotely well for any parties.
Posted by the LSUSaint
Member since Nov 2009
15444 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:58 pm to
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GF

quote:

don't want my gf looking at me like I'm supposed to be buying meals and entrance fees to Disney and Universal and shite like that


Why are you dating her? She has 2 daughters that come with the deal. If you don't expect to be the provider, why are you wasting everyone's time?
Posted by Turf Taint
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2021
6010 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:59 pm to
Damaged goods

Return them

Get a new model
Posted by Free888
Member since Oct 2019
2450 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:01 pm to
I’m struggling to understand why you’re still with her? Are you elephant man or something?
Posted by drunkenpunkin
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
7662 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:01 pm to
I didn't say instantly. But yeah if someone said they can barely tolerate one of my kids, that'd be a problem for me. Not like I think OP is a bad person for not loving the kids. Just not the right relationship for either one of them it seems.
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9735 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:04 pm to
All good points. I will just move on because I have no intention of providing for another man's offspring.
Posted by Rick9Plus
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2020
2237 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:13 pm to
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I didn't say instantly. But yeah if someone said they can barely tolerate one of my kids, that'd be a problem for me. Not like I think OP is a bad person for not loving the kids. Just not the right relationship for either one of them it seems.


That’s understandable. I was referring to single parents (like OP’s GF) who raise kids with intolerable behavior, who do horrible shite that you can’t come back from maybe, who expect whoever they are dating to love their kids unconditionally. The thing is, humans don’t typically have unconditional love for people they are unrelated to. To expect OP to step in and be Daddy is unrealistic, especially if the kids are older and the real baby daddy is still living and possibly fking shite up. Just like it would be unrealistic for a person to expect their kids to accept whatever person they are banging as a new parent. The kids should be made to be respectful but you can’t make them love someone they just met. Single parents in my experience tend to be delusional in this area.
Posted by drunkenpunkin
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
7662 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:21 pm to
I don't disagree with you. It is unrealistic. But it's also something I've lived through personally and really never expected to find someone who would love my kids as much as I do. I just happened to find someone who fell in love with all of us. And if I hadn't, I'd be single because I couldn't be with someone who didn't love my kids.

I definitely think when you're divorced or older and single, it's really important to be honest with potential partners and yourself about what you want and don't want so you don't end up in situations like the OP.
Posted by WhiteMandingo
Member since Jan 2016
7037 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:29 pm to
This sounds trashy,the relationship. Not so much playing daddy but the reality is this what happens when you date woman w/ baggage I wouldn't want to be an ATM
This post was edited on 6/22/22 at 10:30 pm
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
5661 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:32 pm to
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Pussy ain’t free. You stupid or something?


Yeah but not worth all that bullshite
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9735 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:33 pm to
The youngest is a decent kid - as far I can tell. Involved in a lot of activities. Is pleasant to be around. The older kid that ran away - to her drug dealer daddy - is all kinds of messed up.

This dude has a son with another woman - this son is currently on trial for 1st degree murder for a drug deal gone bad. I could probably write a book on all the stuff that's gone on since I started dating this person. It's really all pretty unbelievable.

I guess I was bored because I got some really interesting shite for a while.
Posted by BU Bear In BR
Wacko
Member since Apr 2022
347 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:35 pm to
pics and I’ll help you decide
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9735 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:39 pm to
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pics and I’ll help you decide


The ones I have would get me banned

She looks like a hotter version of Marion from Indiana Jones - use your imagination.
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