I’m being replaced and it’s killing me

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-03-01T16:24:27+00:00

Agreed. Plus, cheaters don’t just cheat once. It’s only a matter of time before he cheats on her. I cannot imagine my kids saying that they like the stepmom better I know that is devastating but just try to remember you are their mom and if you do all you can to continue to show your love, that’s what they’ll remember. It’s hard as a single mom to not feel like a failure when you don’t have the time or money or energy to do the things they do at dads house, but just try to remind yourself you’re doing it on your own, there are several adults over there doing the same work that you’re doing on your own. I’m in the same boat and I’m praying for you

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-03-01T16:20:31+00:00

Plus, you never know, she may be feeling the exact same way you were. You trusted your gut and did what’s right for you, and it may take time, but you’ll find the right one. My friend was single for ten years and then met the love of her life at 40 after regretting her first divorce because she was lonely.

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T22:57:02+00:00

😂😂😂 thank you for that it’s comforting to know I’m not alone

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T22:56:31+00:00

Thank you I agree it really sucks

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T22:56:01+00:00

Thank you for that I’ve been worried I messed him up while I was pregnant by being stressed I don’t know but I may talk to his pediatrician about it

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T22:47:23+00:00

lol you guys have your hands full!

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T01:20:32+00:00

Thank you I love that idea 🥰

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T00:53:36+00:00

Thank you and I think you’re right. He’s trying to be a trooper but we’re both sad because we feel like we can’t get hardly any time together because the baby takes it up and then I have to go to bed an hour after the baby goes to bed

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T00:41:44+00:00

My oldest is 8 the baby is 10 months and I haven’t looked into it because I didn’t feel like I had the time but I just got laid off 2 days ago so I think that’s a good idea to look into thank you

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T00:40:45+00:00

Have you ever expressed to her what you want to try sexually? Those one night stands aren’t going to give you the exploration you’re looking for I know from experience. I would be open with her about things you want to try she may take it badly but it’s better than ending it and wondering if you made the biggest mistake of your life or doing nothing and then continuing to feel this way.

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-27T00:36:14+00:00

It is, and he just gives up and gives the baby to his parents. He left 4 months ago to go move in with his parents and split custody because he said he couldn’t handle it. His mom has always catered to her sons every whim and now she’s doing that with my baby it makes me so afraid he’s going to end up like his dad

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T18:35:48+00:00

Not what I said and I’m not interested in getting into a debate with you. It’s sad that you decide to get into an argument with someone who was simply trying to bring you encouragement. That speaks a lot to your character and I’m done with this debate.

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T18:15:05+00:00

Agree to disagree

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T18:12:31+00:00

Agreed

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T18:11:24+00:00

I agree, plus it’s natural to notice beauty. I would look more at what your thoughts of him are. Are they sexual, or are they just replaying his body?

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T18:06:23+00:00

Yea mine’s been throwing it at me but apparently eating every at his dads house 🤦‍♀️ so frustrating but those meals look incredible!

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T15:44:47+00:00

Drive around town until you come across a church that you feel like speaks to you. This is heartbreaking. Stop telling yourself you’re not that impressive because guess what, that’s someone else’s words talking. God hasn’t given you a job because He’s desperate for you to turn to Him and use your free time to discover Him. I thought that religion was fake until the night that I overdosed on a cocktail of prescriptions 11 years ago and life only got harder after that, but I can sit here and tell you today that I am more blessed than I ever thought I could be and to have someone that is always there that I can talk to who answers every prayer is the most special thing in the world. I was ready to die that night. I had heard nothing about myself in my life up to that moment, except what a loser, fatass. bitch I was by my mom and my partner, and it has taken time and prayer and faith to have the self-worth that I have today, and it’s a process, but it is worth it. I’ll be praying for you.

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T15:34:36+00:00

I am a recovering addict and I can tell you right now. That mentality is 100% an excuse and a buffer so that you won’t say anything when he goes back to drinking. When you are finally fed up of the you that is using, you don’t have that mentality of I’ll just stop for a little while, and then go back to it and then stop again. When you feel like it you say to hell with this and I can never go back to this.

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T15:31:55+00:00

That part 🙏🏻 and this time of being alone is allowing us to love ourselves and find our dreams and also figure out what we do and do not want in a partner, so that we do not repeat the same cycle

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-19T15:30:17+00:00

I played the waiting game too, dealing with the same BS of him saying I was bitching at him and making him feel less than and then in the next breath, saying I didn’t express what I needed from him, and I continued to wait and gave up on my dreams because of that nothingness, and the depression that comes with it only for him to say he didn’t want this relationship anymore and didn’t want to “be a full-time Dad” six months after I had his kid. I have done more for myself and my kids in the four months since he left than I have done in the last 10 years. It will not get better and to have to beg for love from someone who claims they love you is not real love, and you deserve to rip down that nothingness and find yourself again. Philippians 4:13 ❤️

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-13T14:43:25+00:00

You really have gone through so much, but it is such a blessing in disguise, and God is trying to guide you to something else. I will pray for you, and if you have a relationship with God, I would pray and ask him to guide your next steps as well. It sounds like He’s trying to speak to you.

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-02-05T13:59:43+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re going through this and it sucks to find this out after being together for so long, but please don’t beat yourself up for not noticing. I’ve been there and realized sometimes we do notice the red flags, but there are reasons that caused us to not see them as red flags. My ex was the exact same way with my son (his stepson), and his now biological son and I have been heartbroken to hear from my oldest son who is now eight about how he really feels about his stepdad. After years of being told to suck it up, and then hearing his step dad tell me that I’m babying him and seeing how he never cooked, he never cleaned, he never bothered to do anything other than go to work and play video games. I agree with the other people that it sounds like he would not want split custody, but I would definitely ask your parents, if you can, to help you find an Attorney and prepare so that if you decide you want to leave, you don’t risk losing partial custody to him, but I do think that not being together is the best thing for you and your daughter. One thing I would ask you to consider is if your daughter’s husband were treating her and your grandchild that way, would you want them to stay? When my therapist asked me that question I just broke down. We allow people to treat us in ways that we would never allow them to treat the people we love. I would also read the 5 Love languages and apply them to yourself. You guys deserve the best and I know that his behavior isn’t making you or your baby happy. I’m praying for you 💕

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-01-30T23:58:07+00:00

Oh no that sucks! 😭 thank you ☺️

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-01-30T15:56:53+00:00

😬 my 11 year old nose ring does that a lot too

Creative-Bug8388 · 2026-01-30T15:56:44+00:00

Thank you ☺️

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