In 2009, The Ex gave Husband her email address. For what, I don't know but she did. Then placement changed, the kids came to live here, Husband told The Ex he would email her information. Daughter wanted to be in cheerleading; Husband asked The Ex who agreed to Daughter participating but said she wasn't going to help pay for it. Within two weeks of this happening, Husband emailed The Ex with info about Daughter's practice and performances ( Exactly thirty-one days after this email was sent, The Ex screamed at Husband that he hadn't discussed this with her ) The same day that Husband sent the email about cheerleading, he also emailed The Ex about a PTA meeting which she chose not to attend ( And then months later, she called the school and said she had "no idea" where the kids had been attending school ) Husband emailed her about the kids' therapy appointments; she never came to a single one of them. ( Way to support your children. ...
The amount of projection she’s putting onto her child amazes me. This is what she was when she was Daughter’s age, & we all know she wants Daughter to be just like her. This is just nasty & horrifying.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it something? Daughter is much more beautiful, smarter, funnier, kinder, and overall a better person than her mother, by far. Rather than seeing her in a parent-child relationship, The Ex views her as competition and will knock her down any chance that she gets.
DeleteWhen Daughter told me this last night, I asked, "Um...has she MET you?!" Daughter replied, "I know, right?!" She's only a teenager, but even she recognizes the insanity.
You see parents like this, you live in a world like this with these kinds of people, & it just amazes you. I never would have thought that parents could do to their children what we see every day as people who deal with others with narcissism, but Jesus Christ.
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