Ex Partner And Ex In - Laws

Philippines
October 15, 2010 4:14pm CST
Getting depressed is one thing I want to avoid. But, sometimes there are people that gets into your nerves . No matter how much you want to ignore them, you just can't. My partner and in-laws are making me depressed. They're the kind of people who always tell you what to do. If you refuse and ignore them, then you're bad news to them. They keep on insisting they were always right and I'm not. Worst is, my partner is on their side. It would always be blood is thicker than water thing. Because of these, I decided to end our marriage.. But still, I cannot keep my distance to them for we have children. They're using the children to get into my nerves again. I want them out of my life, but I don't think its possible. They're like a ghost that would always haunt me. I'm trying to start a new life, but they keep on bothering me. And somehow they succeeded in making me miserable. Any suggestion on how to deal with pestering ex and in-laws? Sorry, for venting...
2 responses
@marj22 (73)
• Philippines
16 Oct 10
Just don't mind them, go on with your life...start a new life with your children, show them that you can survive alone with the kids and that you can be both mother and a father to them. You said they keep on following you, let them follow you, i am sure they will be tired of following you always. Just be cool, relax, smile, breath and don't show them that you are irritated and bothered, ignore them as if they does not exist in this world. Be happy, life must go on...
• Philippines
16 Oct 10
Thanks for sharing , marj22. All I really do is ignore them, but they really have a way of getting into my system. I guess, I'll just have to accept the fact, that they cannot live without being a nuisance on my life.
• United States
15 Oct 10
Honey how sad, and I understand you only in my situation, I finally let go and well it is as if the kids and I dropped off the planet and no longer breath to these people. Forget about how abusive this man was and how he had two children with other woman while married to me. So after the divorce, unfortunately he divorces the kids and has never looked back. Well my daughter graduated college and I made a dinner celebration, my daughter said as courtesy I should invite some of her aunts as she wanted them to see what a wonderful job I did on my own. My daughter did not think about her Father and does not want anything to do with him, after all he has never looked back and we would not know where his whereabouts are anyways. So I sent via mail the invite to her family. So I get a really disturbing call that I needed to make an effort to invite the father, what??!!?? First off where the H would I find him and why and what for. My daughter forbid me anyways... So I explained all to her aunt, so tell me why she never reserved or showed up and said I was an unreasonable person. huh.. cajhimenez, we will never be looked in any other way, we are the bad ones in their eyes.. But guess what do like me, I never ever said anything negative to my ex, or to his family about him. In fact I always told my kids they cannot be loyal to my heart but their own. If they wanted to see him someday the decision was totally theirs. As young as I am, as I married at 15. I have two beautiful recent college graduates that I raised and supported, very humbly on my own and each one on the day of graduation, which I have on video...hehehe... Where they accept their college diplomas and look towards me and say "Mom we did it." So moral of my story, yes it hurts.. oh girl yes but we have to get past that and do the best we can for our kids and remember later we live for them. Good luck to you girl I know what you are going through and will go through.. Hugs to you!
• Philippines
16 Oct 10
Thanks for sharing , hardworkinggurl. I hope, I'll be able to survive this ordeal. I really would want to be a good mom to my kids. But it pains me whenever I see my children being affected with this war between me and their father. I wish I have your guts and courage. Again, thank you for inspiring me...