She Told Her Ex That His Family Claimed Her New Husband Was A Major Upgrade, But Now She Feels Terrible Because It Really Upset Her Ex’s Mother, Who Took Her And Her Son In After Her Ex Left
After this young woman had her first child with her ex-boyfriend, who was twenty-five at the time, she was forced to deal with a harrowing challenge: post-partum depression.
During that time, she described herself as a ball of emotions and tears. She could not find the motivation to do anything, and her then-boyfriend simply could not handle it. So, he actually ended up leaving her to be a single parent all by herself.
Thankfully, though, her ex-boyfriend’s mother, Linda, was not going anywhere. Linda actually took her in, pushed her to go to therapy, and took over the care of her son while she was recovering.
“Linda paid for the formula when I went on medication for my treatment, and I could not nurse. She quite literally held me while I cried, feeling useless as a mother and as a mother,” she recalled.
“Linda was more of a mother to me than I had ever known before.”
Obviously, though, it took a while for her emotions to balance out again. But, once they did, she was able to get back to being present in her son’s life and caring for her child.
It was also around that time that Linda helped her yet again. When she eventually went back to work, Linda offered to watch her son during the day. That way, she did not have to throw away the bulk of the money she earned on weekly daycare expenses.
Linda also apparently knew that her ex-boyfriend– Linda’s son– was not contributing any child support. So, Linda actually encouraged her to go after him, and she did.
“Getting it [child support] made my life easier, and I asked Linda if she wanted me to move out. She said, ‘Nope,'” she explained.
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So, she has been living with Linda ever since. But, after her son turned six about three years ago, she started to dip her toe back into the dating pool.
It was at that time that she started going to the gym in hopes of shedding some extra pounds she gained during motherhood. And after going to the gym consistently, she eventually started talking to her now-husband.
Her husband worked at the gym back then and would always nod his head or say hi whenever she went in. Then, he eventually approached her and commended her dedication to her health. He also finally asked her out.
“I almost said no. I had only ever been with one guy, and that was before the stretch marks and stuff. But Linda told me to go for it,” she revealed.
Anyway, she and her husband– obviously– hit it off and later got married. Now, she works and lives with her husband; meanwhile, Linda moved into her guest suite and took care of her son both before and after he went to school.
And because of her super close relationship with Linda, she is still a large part of her ex-boyfriend’s family. In fact, several members of his and Linda’s family were even invited to her wedding– where they called her new husband a total upgrade from her ex. Yikes!
Still, she never told her ex-boyfriend about that comment until last Sunday, when her ex dropped her son off following his visitation. It was during that interaction that her ex decided to ask if she ever wondered what their life would have been like together had she not gotten depressed.
According to her, though, she actually snorted in his face and honestly told her ex that, no, she never thought about it.
But, her ex apparently became a bit offended by her response and tried to claim that since his family has done a lot for her, she should be grateful.
And that accusation that she wasn’t grateful already really pissed her off, so she decided to put her ex in his place.
“I said that I was grateful to them. I also said that all of them considered my husband an upgrade from him,” she vented.
So, if you could not have guessed, her ex-boyfriend got all upset and ended up leaving after she said that. Then, he reportedly called Linda and complained about the remark.
This prompted Linda to actually bring up her comment when they talked recently, and Linda claimed that even though it was technically true, the remark was hurtful, and she should not have said it. Linda also apparently seemed pretty sad, and she felt like total garbage for disappointing her.
In turn, she ended up apologizing to Linda and even calling up her ex to apologize to him, too. Still, her ex was not really satisfied with the apology and accused her of being a total jerk for turning his family against him.
“I guess he called other family members, and they also said he was not as good for me as my husband. And a few were less complimentary than that,” she added.
So, ever since then, she has honestly felt really terrible. At first, she thought she had a right to put her ex in his place after he left her high and dry with their child, all alone.
But, after seeing all of the family drama her comment created and watching her ex be basically exiled from his family, she has started to wonder if she should have just “kept her big mouth shut.”
Do you think her ex asked for it after he tried to blame the end of their relationship on her post-partum depression? If her ex’s whole family believes that her husband is an upgrade, did her ex have a right to know that or not? If you had been in her shoes, would you have spilled the beans or kept your mouth shut?
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