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Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 17:34:56

I have fallen out with my daughter after she and her husband and son moved in with us..She was selfish, dis respectful, thoughtless untidy, lazy, and I can honestly say that I am now of the opinion that she is the most un caring person I have known.

I could take no more and explained that she would have to move out and the main reason I made this decision was because all the upset and arguing was effecting all of us and my husband has high blood pressure, so it was a complete nightmare.

when she lived with me, if we had an argument she would involve baby, and if I were holding him, she would snatch him out of my hands and say "don't carry her I don't want you to but when we were not arguing she asked me to help with baby most of the time ..she, on a few occasions told me that I meant nothing to her and nearly every argument we had, she would say"and stay away from me and my family"

She was very un grateful for all the help we gave including financially

Here is my problem now I am still quite upset with all the horrid things she said and done and she visits ..very short visits .. my husband speaks to her as if she said none of the horrid things she said and did none of the horrid things she did and I get quite angry inside and do not know how to deal with that.

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 02-Apr-15 18:48:24

You have got to be very careful you don't make it all much worse parcs. It's hard, but you need to just keep quiet. Men seem to want peace at any price. My DH would behave just the same. Grrr... hmm

J52 Thu 02-Apr-15 18:47:49

Good avice given by others. Move on. x

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 18:47:02

I do appreciate your in put Thank you

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 18:45:39

I do agree Elegran but for me it goes back to loyalty, it is very important to me and it was not just the one argument and I am interested to hear your opinion on my daughter yanking my grandson out of my hands and saying don't pick him up just give him back--please tell me how you would react to that and more importantly would you forgive

Elegran Thu 02-Apr-15 18:35:24

Imagine that you are all children and there has been a falling-out but now all is over. If one of the children were being resentful toward one who had made friends again before they got round to it, what advice would you give them? Perhaps that it has gone on long enough, and to stop being badtempered and get back to being friends - life is too short to stay at loggerheads.

The situation with the three of you does sound rather like the way children do the "I am not speaking to her so if you speak to her I am not speaking to you!" thing.

Elegran Thu 02-Apr-15 18:29:20

She is no longer living in the pressure cooker with you, so the atmosphere should have cooled. It looks to me as though your husband and daughter have made up after the storms, but you have not.

We can tell you what we think, but only you can change your behaviour now that the situation has changed. If you have tried to change your reaction to her and failed, then perhaps you need some professional help toward anger management.

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 18:23:38

I feel very dis respected when my husband just speaks to her as if she had done nothing

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 18:20:34

Thanks Tresco but I still can not think of why I would set myself up for another fallout with her, this is our history and she goes to extreme lengths to hurt me, even using the children and grabbing them out of my hands, believe me that hurts.

Tresco Thu 02-Apr-15 18:17:05

No one has a licence to be horrid to anyone else. But sometimes a child will actually be angriest with the person they trust most. That happened in my family. Just speaking to her politely, as Ana says, would give her no further fuel and allows everyone a chance to calm down and reflect. Overtly hostile behaviour, such as refusing to speak to her, allows no chance of improvement. It is always open to you to operate a kind of "Time out", whereby you speak politely to her but if she replies rudely, you calmly say that you don't accept rudeness and remove yourself from the situation for a short time. Even a visit to the bathroom will do.

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 18:10:42

But how do I stop being upset with my husband

Ana Thu 02-Apr-15 18:09:29

To an extent, I can see where you're coming from, it's the inner child in us all that wants those close to us to support us whatever the rights or wrongs of the situation.

But as jingl says, someone has to be the grown-up, and it should probably be you as your daughter is obviously much younger. You don't have to be over-friendly, but cool and polite would be a starting place. She's not going to back down while you're being hostile towards her and your DH is piggy in the middle.

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 18:03:44

I understand Tresco but just because she is my daughter does that give her a license to be horrid to me, should I open the channels of communication with her just to allow her to be hurtful and tell me again to stay away from her and her family

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 18:02:16

Ana I am not sure what he is doing, she is his favourite so perhaps that has something to do with him not seeing clearly what she has done and how hurtful she has been

Tresco Thu 02-Apr-15 18:00:44

Have you thought maybe your husband is right? Your daughter has a 9 month old child - hormones still all over the place. You're her mother - it's up to you to be the bigger person.

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 18:00:16

I really do not want to be upset with my husband for acting as though nothing has happened with her..but I can not help myself, I am angry but want the anger to go away

rosequartz Thu 02-Apr-15 17:59:54

Have to go and roastchicken

rosequartz Thu 02-Apr-15 17:59:07

X post.

Ana Thu 02-Apr-15 17:58:50

Yes of course, but to what extent? What does he say to you about the situation - is he just trying to keep the channel of communication open with your/his daughter?

rosequartz Thu 02-Apr-15 17:58:24

You are forcing him to take sides when he probably just wants everyone to be happy again.

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 17:58:22

rose it goes much deeper than that, she has always been selfish and un grateful, we gave her £10,000 last year and not even a thank you did we get back

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 17:57:03

I think I am looking for loyalty from him

rosequartz Thu 02-Apr-15 17:57:02

Lots of people say horrid things when they are upset, and all of you living together would be a bit like a pressure cooker - the steam has to come out some time!

Can't you give her a hug and say you know she was upset when she said those things but can you both put it all behind you please?

Parcs Thu 02-Apr-15 17:56:34

No Ana I do not speak to her at all, I am not sure what I want from my husband, he has told her that she has gone too far with me, but never in front of me, he just tells me he has said these things

rosequartz Thu 02-Apr-15 17:54:15

I haven't got a sister so have no idea what I would talk to one about, but I think this is between you, your husband and your DD - and SIL.
Your sister should not be offering opinions, only support.

Ana Thu 02-Apr-15 17:54:12

Do you not speak to her at all when she visits, Parcs? Are you saying you want your husband to distance himself from her too, or do you just want him to tell her how much her behaviour has upset you?