About the leaving the state part, not the other rambling ridiculousness of New York, FL.
Make no mistake, I was 100% sold on moving to NYC permanently, however I did listen to what you guys said about how it could/would have negative effects on DS. Obviously I don't want that to happen, so I'm reconsidering staying down here.
I'm not totally sure what I'm going to do and I obviously have time to think about it. Aside from all the wretched horrible human being child abandoning garbage, I appreciate most everyone's input.
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
I'm going to hate myself for replying but I can't not say anything. Regardless of how you feel about your XH and how far away you want to be from him, your son should be your number one priority. No excuses.
I have a former friend who had a child young on purpose, (19-20) because she thought she could handle it. She and her H put themselves before their own child. Plus they pretty much just tolerate each other and shouldn't be together. They pawn their child off on the grandparents. Now this bitch is expecting twins. Just more children for these two fuckwits to damage. Granted, I'm not a parent, but I cannot for the life of me think of anything more important than my own child. I cannot fathom why people think they aren't supposed to be responsible for a human being they created. You seriously remind me of them because they didn't want to be bothered raising their own goddamned child. You are a mother FIRST and foremost.
Your DS didn't ask to be born. As a parent, you owe him as much as possible.
I'm going to hate myself for replying but I can't not say anything. Regardless of how you feel about your XH and how far away you want to be from him, your son should be your number one priority. No excuses.
I have a former friend who had a child young on purpose, (19-20) because she thought she could handle it. She and her H put themselves before their own child. Plus they pretty much just tolerate each other and shouldn't be together. They pawn their child off on the grandparents. Now this bitch is expecting twins. Just more children for these two fuckwits to damage. Granted, I'm not a parent, but I cannot for the life of me think of anything more important than my own child. I cannot fathom why people think they aren't supposed to be responsible for a human being they created. You seriously remind me of them because they didn't want to be bothered raising their own goddamned child. You are a mother FIRST and foremost.
Your DS didn't ask to be born. As a parent, you owe him as much as possible.
/gets off soapbox
I hear what you are saying. However XH pretty much took over the mom responsibilities from day one, against my wishes. Even when I told XH that I wanted to be the one to do the "mom like things" he wouldn't let me. So despite my best efforts, when XH found out DS was a DS and not a DD he's tried to distance DS from me.
As much as I wanted to be "mommy" XH would shield that from happening. So please forgive me if I'm not all "my baby, my baby" about this. This has been going on DS's whole life. XH took my place as mommy, whether I wanted it or not. I didn't even get to pick the name for crying out loud.
And as someone said yesterday - if I were a man, this would be totally different. To be truthful I've been treated like the "man" of the relationship during the whole situation. So forgive me for not wanting to fight it anymore. There is only so much a person can tolerate before you just throw the white flag up and say fine, trying is pointless.
I'm going to hate myself for replying but I can't not say anything. Regardless of how you feel about your XH and how far away you want to be from him, your son should be your number one priority. No excuses.
I have a former friend who had a child young on purpose, (19-20) because she thought she could handle it. She and her H put themselves before their own child. Plus they pretty much just tolerate each other and shouldn't be together. They pawn their child off on the grandparents. Now this bitch is expecting twins. Just more children for these two fuckwits to damage. Granted, I'm not a parent, but I cannot for the life of me think of anything more important than my own child. I cannot fathom why people think they aren't supposed to be responsible for a human being they created. You seriously remind me of them because they didn't want to be bothered raising their own goddamned child. You are a mother FIRST and foremost.
Your DS didn't ask to be born. As a parent, you owe him as much as possible.
/gets off soapbox
I hear what you are saying. However XH pretty much took over the mom responsibilities from day one, against my wishes. Even when I told XH that I wanted to be the one to do the "mom like things" he wouldn't let me. So despite my best efforts, when XH found out DS was a DS and not a DD he's tried to distance DS from me.
As much as I wanted to be "mommy" XH would shield that from happening. So please forgive me if I'm not all "my baby, my baby" about this. This has been going on DS's whole life. XH took my place as mommy, whether I wanted it or not. I didn't even get to pick the name for crying out loud.
And as someone said yesterday - if I were a man, this would be totally different. To be truthful I've been treated like the "man" of the relationship during the whole situation. So forgive me for not wanting to fight it anymore. There is only so much a person can tolerate before you just throw the white flag up and say fine, trying is pointless.
Waaaah Waaaah fucking WAHHHH
Grow some proverbial balls and take responsibility for your actions.
I'm going to hate myself for replying but I can't not say anything. Regardless of how you feel about your XH and how far away you want to be from him, your son should be your number one priority. No excuses.
I have a former friend who had a child young on purpose, (19-20) because she thought she could handle it. She and her H put themselves before their own child. Plus they pretty much just tolerate each other and shouldn't be together. They pawn their child off on the grandparents. Now this bitch is expecting twins. Just more children for these two fuckwits to damage. Granted, I'm not a parent, but I cannot for the life of me think of anything more important than my own child. I cannot fathom why people think they aren't supposed to be responsible for a human being they created. You seriously remind me of them because they didn't want to be bothered raising their own goddamned child. You are a mother FIRST and foremost.
Your DS didn't ask to be born. As a parent, you owe him as much as possible.
/gets off soapbox
I hear what you are saying. However XH pretty much took over the mom responsibilities from day one, against my wishes. Even when I told XH that I wanted to be the one to do the "mom like things" he wouldn't let me. So despite my best efforts, when XH found out DS was a DS and not a DD he's tried to distance DS from me.
As much as I wanted to be "mommy" XH would shield that from happening. So please forgive me if I'm not all "my baby, my baby" about this. This has been going on DS's whole life. XH took my place as mommy, whether I wanted it or not. I didn't even get to pick the name for crying out loud.
And as someone said yesterday - if I were a man, this would be totally different. To be truthful I've been treated like the "man" of the relationship during the whole situation. So forgive me for not wanting to fight it anymore. There is only so much a person can tolerate before you just throw the white flag up and say fine, trying is pointless.
This is very interesting insight into the mind of a person who needs to justify abandoning their child. I don't doubt many dead beat dad's use the same thought process to dodge their guilty feelings and abandon their responsibility.
However XH pretty much took over the mom responsibilities from day one, against my wishes. Even when I told XH that I wanted to be the one to do the "mom like things" he wouldn't let me. So despite my best efforts, when XH found out DS was a DS and not a DD he's tried to distance DS from me.
As much as I wanted to be "mommy" XH would shield that from happening. So please forgive me if I'm not all "my baby, my baby" about this. This has been going on DS's whole life. XH took my place as mommy, whether I wanted it or not. I didn't even get to pick the name for crying out loud.
And as someone said yesterday - if I were a man, this would be totally different. To be truthful I've been treated like the "man" of the relationship during the whole situation. So forgive me for not wanting to fight it anymore. There is only so much a person can tolerate before you just throw the white flag up and say fine, trying is pointless.
I would expect a misogynist to do the opposite, actually. He's taking on the mom role and you're treated like the man?
Does.not.compute w/ descriptions of him being a misogynist asshole.
However XH pretty much took over the mom responsibilities from day one, against my wishes. Even when I told XH that I wanted to be the one to do the "mom like things" he wouldn't let me. So despite my best efforts, when XH found out DS was a DS and not a DD he's tried to distance DS from me.
As much as I wanted to be "mommy" XH would shield that from happening. So please forgive me if I'm not all "my baby, my baby" about this. This has been going on DS's whole life. XH took my place as mommy, whether I wanted it or not. I didn't even get to pick the name for crying out loud.
And as someone said yesterday - if I were a man, this would be totally different. To be truthful I've been treated like the "man" of the relationship during the whole situation. So forgive me for not wanting to fight it anymore. There is only so much a person can tolerate before you just throw the white flag up and say fine, trying is pointless.
I would expect a misogynist to do the opposite, actually. He's taking on the mom role and you're treated like the man?
Does.not.compute w/ descriptions of him being a misogynist asshole.
Why is that hard to compute? If DS was a DD he wouldn't have stopped me from being "mommy" but since DS is a DS he wants him raised his way, and he wants DS to do his things and to be taught his certain way - And regardless of what I think/feel/want it doesn't matter. I'm the woman and therefore my opinion is invalid when it comes to DS.
The misogynist father insisted on playing "mommy"?
You either don't know what the word misogynist means, or you're completely full of shit.
Most likely both. O.o
Why is that hard to compute? If DS was a DD he wouldn't have stopped me from being "mommy" but since DS is a DS he wants him raised his way, and he wants DS to do his things and to be taught his certain way - And regardless of what I think/feel/want it doesn't matter. I'm the woman and therefore my opinion is invalid when it comes to DS.