Good advice. I hope she can eventually see how she mistreats me and we can deal with her issues. As for now, she starts fights and then manages to twist it into me being the one who starts them. All of a sudden I'm on the defensive and can't make heads or tails out of the whole mess. Hurts my head.
She's home now and hasn't said a word. I've been staying busy with yard work and leaving her alone.
Her mom took me aside the other day at a party and told me it would get better, so her family knows she is super difficult and as high maintenance as it gets. Her mom said this, but added that she is worth it. I thought to myself, "Really? Where's the worth in someone giving me hell all the time?"
And I thought we were friends. She complains nonstop about her job and family to me, and I listen and let her vent. Or she talks nonstop about her son who has special needs and how to deal with him, and again, I listen and offer ideas on things to do. He throws fits and gets in trouble all the time, yet I maintain my calm and help where I can. Often he just lies on the floor of the bathroom in the mornings and won't get dressed and screams at the top of his lungs. My daughter and I have to listen to this first thing in the morning and witness my wife and him go at it. Knowing she is stressed from his actions, I always bring her breakfast at work on her son's bad days. This is just one example of how I am her friend and try to help her. What do I get it return? I get her calling me slime, telling me to F off, and not speaking to me, all because I told her watching my daughter isn't a big deal while I work in the mornings. What an ungrateful woman.
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