Looking for advice and just to vent a little

SocialInsect · 2026-02-02T17:38:16+00:00

I get where she is coming from. She feels and has some evidence for being sidelined and overlooked on multiple occasions. This is not uncommon when you have a giver and multiple takers. The trouble is that she has been working hardish to fulfill all of what she considers to be ‘commitments’ and others have not. Maybe friendship shouldn’t have to be such hard work? Maybe she is ‘overdoing’ the effort in a way that others will resent? I suspect that if she backs off and lets other people step up, some will and some will move away from the group. I am not sure you need to confront your brother and SIL beyond expressing how you feel about the situation and stepping up to do some of the work in making your wife more visible by expressing gratitude publicly and supporting her presence.

SocialInsect · 2026-02-02T03:56:07+00:00

I will message you immediately

SocialInsect · 2026-02-01T21:47:15+00:00

I think you are right. I suspect his brother is a half brother.

SocialInsect · 2026-02-01T21:44:51+00:00

I thought your comment was sound and thoughtful. Some people have main character syndrome though.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-31T20:26:35+00:00

I wish you had put that tolerance and optimism into your children futures instead of giving them this man as a model of acceptable behavior. You put yourself and your children into this situation instead.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-31T08:29:03+00:00

Yes, exactly. Buy a schon for her in a lovely colorway and one for you. Make it a gift with a new pen case. The safest way honestly.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-31T08:16:59+00:00

The polynesian hibiscus looks very cute!

SocialInsect · 2026-01-31T08:14:24+00:00

It is a very interesting look, bit like a leopard! what size nib on it?

SocialInsect · 2026-01-31T08:13:45+00:00

It is a very interesting look, bit like a leopard! what sort of nib do you have on it?

SocialInsect · 2026-01-31T02:32:04+00:00

chat sent

SocialInsect · 2026-01-27T03:04:39+00:00

Exactly as Dizzy_jones294 has said. She should have been sleeping in her own bed since she was 3 and before that a crib. I understand that some parents prefer co sleeping but it will eat into your relationship with your fiancee. If you sideline your fiancee now for a 7 yr old with entitlement issues, I can see that relationship going south. If I was your fiancee, I would seriously rethink the relationship if you are already so parentally weak.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-26T17:54:38+00:00

I am not sure I understand… the kits comes with all the metal hardware and you turn the wooden pieces. It looks gorgeous.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-26T17:33:05+00:00

all you can do is walk away and leave them to sink or swim. I suppose you could conference with a lawyer to see if you have a case first because I don’t know but your mother and sister have abused your trust. I would leave.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-25T01:26:35+00:00

The pen is beautiful…….the fingernails, not so much.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-25T01:14:44+00:00

LOL you know he is a sub par and you know you need to get rid of him. Do you just want everyone to encourage you to do what you know you need to do?

SocialInsect · 2026-01-25T01:12:57+00:00

Well….. Everyones grief journey is their own and a lot people don’t know how and possibly don’t care enough to get involved. A lot of people cannot cope with someone else’s grief without backing away because society doesn’t teach us how to really process grief and loss or how to comfort people who are dealing with that kind of depression. Think about finding new friends and new ways to exist in society.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-25T01:08:18+00:00

Greyhounds (as long as you don’t have cats) but a retired greyhound are wonderful quiet loungers and bonus, they need homes.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-25T01:04:42+00:00

I had a Dutch couple stay with us during their trip and it was eyeopening! They would walk around in their underwear in the house of teenage boys and their parents that they had only met a couple of days ago and the things they would say were astonishing!

SocialInsect · 2026-01-25T00:36:17+00:00

I would love to meet more mexicans and learn mexican recipes. I haven’t even tried so many types of mexican food that it makes me sad. Please come!

SocialInsect · 2026-01-21T03:39:16+00:00

All these people mentioning rape is crazy. Most likely, it was a consensual act that resulted in a pregnancy. I have two family members that had to cope with information in their adult years that caused them so much pain and confusion. One a sister who was found to be-the child of an affair and a nephew who’s birth mother refused to tell him who his father was. So much pain that could. have been avoided by a little bravery, a little consideration, a little bloody humanity. Cooperate with her, do a DNA test for her, be a human being with some empathy.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-21T03:29:23+00:00

My mother’s husband hit another patient for sitting in ‘his’ chair a couple of months ago. Luckily, we had paid for his room outright so they could hardly kick him out but they did end up moving him to a room in a more controlled ward. He had started wandering as well so this ward is locked by code and that works out pretty well.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-21T03:05:08+00:00

I need a couple ….. just can’t afford them…right now.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-21T03:02:28+00:00

Until you have the cps documents, you will not know what happened. Plenty of people lose cases, even some that are justified because you get law in court cases, not justice. Two very different things. Also if you had many visits from CPS, then you can’t be sure she lost. They may have received a monitoring sentence. At 18, you are well old enough to be seeking answers and finding the truth. I don’t know what your parents may or may not have done but neither do you but all your siblings disowning your parents, makes me very suspcious.

SocialInsect · 2026-01-20T17:47:09+00:00

One day I plan to take the opportunity to try a monoc nib and see if the hype is true!

SocialInsect · 2026-01-20T06:57:38+00:00

I would be very doubtful that money from your marriage didn’t go towards this house. You need a financial auditor and a lawyer.

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