Her Broke Up With His Girlfriend Over Her Son’s Behavior, Which Makes Him Feel Horrible
This 39-year-old man just broke up with his girlfriend, 32, and he feels terrible about it.
In the beginning, he and his girlfriend got along great and were on the same wavelength about their views.
Coincidentally, they both had children and eventually, they felt ready to have their children meet one another.
He has one daughter who’s 5-years-old, while his girlfriend has a son and a daughter who are around that age as well.
“My daughter is very quiet and shy like me. She tends to go with the flow and is overall a wonderful little girl. She can step out of line, but I am quick to set her straight. She has never yelled, thrown a tantrum, or anything. When she gets upset, she’ll start to whine, but I stop that immediately, and we talk it out. I tell her to use her words and to tell me what’s going on,” he said.
However, his girlfriend didn’t parent her children this way, and she cautioned him about this ahead of time. She was apprehensive prior to him meeting her children.
Finally, he met her children one day, and they were sweet, energetic, and compassionate.
“However, the day I met them was kind of a shocker. I watched as the son was all over the place and fighting with his little sister, which siblings will do, but then I watched him punch, kick, throw her on the ground, jump on her, and then choke her. I was a bit concerned, like, is that normal behavior???” he said.
At the time, he rationalized that this could have been happening because it was her children’s first time being around him. But on every single occasion that he was around her children, his girlfriend’s son had several tantrums throughout the day.
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His girlfriend explained to him that her son has some unique struggles, and since he’s also a parent, he understands how difficult parenting can be. But despite this, her son’s meltdowns were outrageous.
“Not getting an iPad would result in crying, yelling, ‘I hate you! You’re the worst!’ and rolling on the ground, flailing his arms around,” he explained.
“It didn’t matter if he was at home or in public. And it became a very big concern for me as I date with a purpose.”
After witnessing his girlfriend’s son’s antics numerous times, he explained to her that he didn’t feel safe to have his daughter be around her children, and he had two reasons why he felt this way.
The first was that he didn’t want his daughter to learn his girlfriend’s son’s rude behavior and start mimicking it. The second reason was that he didn’t want to put his daughter in physical danger.
“Putting my own needs and wants aside, as a parent, I cannot put my daughter in a situation where she can potentially be hurt by those outbursts,” he shared.
“I felt bad because my girlfriend went on to tell me how much she’s worked with him, and it was even worse years ago, and he’s come such a long way.”
While he appreciates and acknowledges the hard work his girlfriend must have put in in order to better her son’s behavior, this doesn’t diminish or eliminate his worries.
Her son isn’t able to handle his feelings in healthy ways, and he violently lashes out at people often.
He’s witnessed his girlfriend’s son punch her several times and throw shoes at her. Plus, her son even punched him in the head twice.
Now he feels horrible that he broke up with his girlfriend because it didn’t have anything to do with her. He still has feelings for her, but he knows that he has to prioritize his daughter’s safety.
Do you think he did the right thing by breaking up with his girlfriend?
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