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jenead
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Family angry about not attending wedding
Family & Caregivers / by jenead
Last post
 March 30th, 2022
...See more Long story short is that my brother in law got married over the weekend. They've only known each other a year and their relationship has caused a lot of issues within the family. My brother in law has not spoken to us or awknowleged either of our daughter's birthdays for two years and family is mad that we aren't keeping communication going. His new wife has stretched stories to make her look like a victim and then says things like "oh is that my fault. I feel so awful. I would never want to cause any problems for anyone." Then will send texts about how she's always here for us because we're family now. We did not attend the wedding due to COVID (unvaccinated guests, our kids can't be vaccinated because they are too young, and our oldest has asthma and a history of febrile seizures, youngest was born premature with underdeveloped lungs). We've been pretty firm throughout the pandemic on maintaining safety precautions and said that no matter what else is going on we would have been there if not for COVID. His new wife asked if we'd like to attend virtually a month ago. We said yes and she promised to send a link. She never did. The family is super angy because we didn't change our minds to show up or remind her to send the link. We've talked with the family is in circles over this and told we are crazy and cold hearted. I'm very stressed out and not sure what else to do.
SAHM is asking for a break bad
Family & Caregivers / by jenead
Last post
 March 8th, 2022
...See more I'm a SAHM of two amazing girls. They are 3 and 2 years old. I love being able to stay home and take care of them. There are some days I just feel exhausted. I brought this up to my husband. He's started his own business and works from home. It's a new business so he's really busy right now but can go by his own schedule. I asked if I could have a break now and then even if it was for 20-30 minutes so I could shower or have a little time for myself that wasn't after bedtime. His response was along the lines of "this is what you wanted", "I shouldn't have to feel guilty for working", "you didn't take midday showers when you were working", and "if you want time for yourself wake up earlier". I'm regretting saying anything at all and now I'm feeling like a bad mom for wanting a break.
Am I the problem?
Relationship Stress / by jenead
Last post
 June 14th, 2020
...See more My husband and I decided a few months back that we'd be separating. We've never fought just kind of drifted apart. We're still best friends. We have two girls under two...one being born in March. The second baby made it so I could no longer stay at my job. Since our relationship has been so good, we decided to stay living together until I get that all figured out. I've been looking but no luck at this point. It's hard because even though the change is for the better I have a lot of uncertainty going forward. I also told him I miss little things but am trying to move forward. In order to help make ends meet we decided to look for a roommate to stay in our basement. We've both met her a couple times. She came from a different state and has no car but she cooks and was able to pay. Seemed like an ok fit. From the minute she got here I had a funny feeling. She was really nice but everything she did seem to bother me and I couldn't figure out what. We were all getting along but I just couldn't shake this feeling. Fast forward to a week ago. It was storming outside and something blew and hit the house hard enough to wake me at 3am. The two of them had been playing video games before so I went in to check if they'd heard it too. I walked in on them. I don't care that he's moving on I just am so hurt it's while we're living together. Both have made it seem like I didn't respect privacy and overreacted. I'm so hurt but if I am doing what they said I want to know.
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