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<blockquote data-quote="Mirabelle" data-source="post: 763250" data-attributes="member: 28712"><p>Thank you all again for reading and taking the time and thought to respond. I had worked on overcoming my distress at the news of my stepdaughter's pregnancy. Your input really helped! Still very upset and disappointed but using all my tools to detach, and coping ok. Then we were blindsided by a request for our presence at the gender reveal party, a mere 4 days away! Mr. Horrible and his parents in attendance to boot. I am leaning toward making my excuses and not going. I was busy quietly steeling myself for the baby shower in several months and forgot all about the freaking gender reveal. </p><p></p><p>I think it is too soon for me to be in the mix of all that. For several reasons. </p><p>1. I just don't think I could keep it together and would end up making an ass of myself. </p><p>2. Bio mom is happy about the pregnancy because she is a borderline who can't deal with abandonment (or what she sees as abandonment.) Her daughter will never spread her wings and leave now. Don't want to be around her happy ass right now.</p><p>3. Dad talks big aka the truth to me but changes his tune when he gets around other people, which kills me. </p><p>4. Boyfriend knows we can't ignore him now so he'll be showing out and soaking it all up. </p><p></p><p>I plan on texting and letting my stepdaughter know that I won't be able to make it, in the nicest possible way. I know I will have to make some kind of nice with boyfriend eventually but I'm just not ready. I'm also afraid of hurting my stepdaughter's feelings because I just can't be happy about this right now, and I feel it so deeply I can't even fake a smile.</p><p></p><p>Please respond if you are moved to do so.........love and hugs to you all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mirabelle, post: 763250, member: 28712"] Thank you all again for reading and taking the time and thought to respond. I had worked on overcoming my distress at the news of my stepdaughter's pregnancy. Your input really helped! Still very upset and disappointed but using all my tools to detach, and coping ok. Then we were blindsided by a request for our presence at the gender reveal party, a mere 4 days away! Mr. Horrible and his parents in attendance to boot. I am leaning toward making my excuses and not going. I was busy quietly steeling myself for the baby shower in several months and forgot all about the freaking gender reveal. I think it is too soon for me to be in the mix of all that. For several reasons. 1. I just don't think I could keep it together and would end up making an ass of myself. 2. Bio mom is happy about the pregnancy because she is a borderline who can't deal with abandonment (or what she sees as abandonment.) Her daughter will never spread her wings and leave now. Don't want to be around her happy ass right now. 3. Dad talks big aka the truth to me but changes his tune when he gets around other people, which kills me. 4. Boyfriend knows we can't ignore him now so he'll be showing out and soaking it all up. I plan on texting and letting my stepdaughter know that I won't be able to make it, in the nicest possible way. I know I will have to make some kind of nice with boyfriend eventually but I'm just not ready. I'm also afraid of hurting my stepdaughter's feelings because I just can't be happy about this right now, and I feel it so deeply I can't even fake a smile. Please respond if you are moved to do so.........love and hugs to you all. [/QUOTE]
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