Question by ~Dreams~: Need some parenting and living advice?
First off, due to a financial situation myself, my husband and my two children had to move in with my aunt and uncle, who are extreemely old fashioned… they have different outlooks on life, parenting, home care, and personal advice then we do. For instance I work a part time job, while my husband works a full time job, so he cares for the children at night while I’m at work and I during the day while he works, they say that I need to quit my job because i don’t spend every second with my kids, but yet they tell me i need more hours because I can’t afford to move out yet. We’re are saving every penny we earn to get out of here. So i guess here is my questions, 1) Do you think it is fair that they take toys from my 3 year old just because he plays with them wrong (example my good friend just bought him a squishy lightweight ball yesterday and because he was rolling it in the living room it was taken from him)…. 2) They told my husband that he needs to divorce me because I am a so called neglactant parent because I don’t focus 100% of my attention to my kids… hell I work… and they also told him he needs to get away from me because I am bipolar depressive… was that right for them to do that? How do I deal with this until we get our own place? We don’t dare say anything because they have threatened to kick us out on the streets. My aunt has a way of constantly making remarks about how bad of a wife and mother I am and literally shoving her “advice” down my throat whenever I am around her… My husband and I feel that we need to stay confined to our room just to get away from it all. They yell and scream at my 3 year old (my other child is 4 months so he doesn’t get yelled at… yet) just because they can’t hear their T.V or because he is bothering them… they act like he is a burden… so he gets in trouble alot for little things… petting the dogs, or laughing too loud, or eating wrong, using the restroom by himself because they think he’s into things… I just need some advice on how to cope until we get the hell out of here… they are starting to cause fights between my husband and i from all the stress we are under and the things they tell us behind eachothers backs… such as telling him to divorce me while i was at work, and telling me to divorce him while he’s at work… then when we are together and they “talk” to us its “you need to work on your marriage and make the best of it.” I’m going insane! any advice?
And honestly I could care less if it’s a cheap apartment or not.. as long as it’s ours and I don’t have to be dragged down emotionally anymore… its very hard for someone like me to endure that kind of thing…
Best answer:
Answer by Starfish
If you don’t get out of there within one week, you really ARE going insane.
Too good to live in a cheap apartment? Your family’s welfare is at stake.
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