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Should I just get over it and move on or should I confront them and give them a piece of my mind!

Asked by TILA_ABs_NoMore (895points) March 2nd, 2010

I found out last night from my ex that his mother and sister were the “someones” who tipped him off that I had an ex-boyFRIEND on my Myspace page. When I confronted them a couple of years ago they denied it. So when the mystery “someone” told my ex that I was still “talking to my ex”, he sabatoged our form of birth control and I ended up pregnant. (He has admitted to this) He then left us when I was pregnant and has been an on and off deadbeat dad ever since. I love my son more then anything…but I cant help but feel that if his mom and sister (who were very intrusive and still are) hadnt thrown me under the bus, life would be a little easier. Again…I love my son and feel like maybe I should be glad all of this happened…but Im still pissed!!! This happened years ago (my son is almost 3) and I just found this out last night. His mother has called me twice this morning (to find out what her son and I talked about no doubt) but i didnt answer. Not sure how to respond or if to respond at all?!? I feel violated!!

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Likeradar's avatar

Wow… really?
Why on earth would you want to waste another second of your life dealing with these people?

Raise your child to be more mature and make better choices than you and his father and the family, and deal with these people as briefly and civilly as possible.

mrentropy's avatar

This may be a little offbeat but you may want to do a change up. Yeah, it was kind of awful for them to do that, but I think my family would also warn me if they saw something odd with my spouse’s online or in-person activities. Nature of the beast.

What your ex did, on the other hand, was quite evil. I don’t know what the ex’s families intentions were, ultimately. So, if it comes up in conversation I think you should thank them. Thank them for manipulating events so you would end up with the wonderful son you have.

If they did this with a truly malicious intent, it may bring them down a bit to know they did you good.

jackm's avatar

Wait, your then current boyfriend found out you were cheating on him with your ex and sabotaged your birth control?

TILA_ABs_NoMore's avatar

@jackm No…I wasnt cheating. I had an ex as a friend. We had been friends since we were kids. It was completely innocent!

TILA_ABs_NoMore's avatar

@Likeradar After this revelation I dont want to!! BUT as much as I hate it he does have legal rights to the boys (he have an older son that was mutually conceived)

lucillelucillelucille's avatar

At this point,I would move on and keep my interaction with these people to a minimum.I would not my son to be influenced by people such as these.Too bad you don’t have full custody,you could then decide who has an impact on your son’s life.

Likeradar's avatar

@TILA_ABs_NoMore Briefly and Civilly. The end. A person can only intrude as much as you let them.
You’re a mother now. Let go of drama surrounding myspace.

VS's avatar

I say let it alone and move on. Confronting people like the ones you are talking about will only serve to further provoke your anger, upset you, and probably raise your blood pressure to unsafe levels. And they will likely derive satisfaction from stirring up the proverbial sh*t yet again. Have as little to do with them as humanly possible. If your ex (baby daddy) is not paying child support or making regular visits with your son, why have anything to do with them at all? His mom and sister have no legal rights whatsoever, and do you really want your son to be raised around that kind of toxicity? If they ARE involved, then make sure you arrange a mutual meeting place to give your son to him and to collect him, but don’t allow them to visit you at your home and do not visit them at their home. The less interaction with them, I would think the better off you and your son would be.

sjmc1989's avatar

Seriously, I would not be concerned so much about the sister and mom telling him, but the fact that he sabatoged my birth control! That is not so much the family’s fault as it is his for overreacting and doing something so cruel (especially over such a insignificant issue). I would not want these people anywhere near my child! Erase their numbers forget you ever knew them. You will be a lot happier in the end. If you go on a rampage and yell at them it is just going to make you look bad. Be the grown up in this situation and just look on the positive side because of all this drama you got a precious gift that you love dearly.

TILA_ABs_NoMore's avatar

@lucillelucillelucille Oh I have full custody!! And I try very hard to not let people like this impact them. I guess at this point it is impacting me more than anything

sjmc1989's avatar

@TILA_ABs_NoMore I’m sure he is! Just let that be your main focus and let go of all the drama that got you to the place your at and enjoy him. :) Good luck to you!

JLeslie's avatar

The sabotage of birth control is the horrible part. I would not waste my time being angry with the mom and sister. You did have the myspace friend behind his back, right? Or, did I misunderstand? And, did he ask you about the myspace friends at the time, when he found out, or just keep it to himself and sabotage your pills?

TILA_ABs_NoMore's avatar

@JLeslie Oh I know…it’s just that it was almost expected of him to do something like that when he was having one of his jealous controlling episodes. I knew he did it before he even admitted it!! His mom and sister on the other hand I was not expecting. The Myspace thing was behind he back, but only because of his jealousy. I didnt think I was doing anything wrong. The ex that I had as a friend on my page was also a childhood friend. When “someone” (his mom) told him he confronted me about it and I told him the truth. We had an arguement about it some time later. That evening he manipulated the condom before he put it on (I cant take birth control pills due to side effects)

That one time was all it took. Even if what I was doing was wrong (just having my ex on my friends list) still didnt justify it

LuckyGuy's avatar

I hope you deleted all of them from your Myspace page. They have shown they cannot be trusted.

I hope you are getting child support from him. If not, then work on it. He’ll try to avoid you like the plague and you’ll get your privacy back.

Answering your question. No need to mention it. Just go after the child support.

TILA_ABs_NoMore's avatar

@worriedguy Oh yes…I only have a Facebook account now and Im very careful about who I add. Child support was a bitch. They chased him down for almost a year and finally caught him. A whopping $250 a month for 2 kids still in daycare!!! I try not to spend it all in one place lol ;-)

LuckyGuy's avatar

@TILA_ABs_NoMore That monthly check pains him more than you can imagine. I’m glad you went after him. Make sure to report any lapses immediately. The jerk deserves it.

Likeradar's avatar

@TILA_ABs_NoMore Do you mean he’s admitted to sabotaging your birth control in the past, and you continue to have sex with him?!

TILA_ABs_NoMore's avatar

@Likeradar Huh?!?! No!!! Where did the continue to have sex with him come from?!? He’s gone. Only talk to him once every 6 months or so when he decides he wants to be a dad

Likeradar's avatar

@TILA_ABs_NoMore I thought that was what you meant by: ”‘Oh I know…it’s just that it was almost expected of him to do something like that when he was having one of his jealous controlling episodes. I knew he did it before he even admitted it!!”

TILA_ABs_NoMore's avatar

@Likeradar I meant that he acted very irrationally when he was jealous, so him screwing with my birthcontrol was shocking but didnt seem completely out of character for him.

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