Saturdays are 'my day' with the kids as she works from 9-6P. I woke up and my son asked me for pancakes. I turn on the TV for him and set up the nebulizer for my daughter's cough and my wife comes downstairs: XXX: S8, what do you want for breakfast Me: XXX, I am taking care of it. He wants pancakes
XXX goes to the freezer and starts to make breakfast. I get up. Me: XXX (politely)...I am taking care of breakfast. It's my morning with them today. XXX: I am still here and it is NOT your time with them. YOU HAVE NO time with them yet.
She proceeds in spite of what I asked. I took the pancakes out of the microwave. Me: XXX (calmly)...you told me that you like to make the kids breakfast during the school week. I don't interfere. I told S8 I am making him breakfast <this morning.
Ready? My wife shouts at my son, "S8...daddy isn't letting me make you your pancakes"
Can you believe this? She starts the screaming thing again....in front of the children. Away from them I got the "you're trying to take the children away from me again" line...which is very old now. I always have responded "no I'm not".
"How is this helping the situation?" "Why do you want to raise your voice in front of the children:"? This was simply responded to by attacks on me. I brought up the accountability for her decisions....she stormed out of the house that I would never be her friend and she can't wait until this is over.
1) Although some may say I should have let it go this AM, this is a pattern of being walked over and I can't be a doormat 2) She is emotionally unstable 3) She is immature 4) She uses the kids 5) She does NOT respond to 'techniques'
Repeating...I can't leave the house until D is final. FIB
Me 55; XW 47; 2 kids (S13, D11) Bomb 05/19/06 Original thread http://tinyurl.com/yg2ou2t Last anniversary 04/25/10, Divorced 5/12/10 Status: Loving father of 2 beautiful children;
