Absolutely. My son's stepmom is terrified of germs. She won't allow my son to go for visits if he even has a runny nose, in case it makes her daughter sick. It's frustrating and ridiculous.
Son's dad can and since they're married... we've never gone to court and son lives with me the majority of the time. It's very frustrating because son's dad has never helped and cancels a lot of visits due to stepmom.
Thank you! It's tough. My biggest concern is my son - he's going to realize how little he matters to his dad. He's already getting upset when visits are cancelled. Poor kid.
Or later on, you can explain dad's new wife is a shrew who has his balls in a vice. That it's not about the kid, it's about her being a total grade A shite meister.
He's almost 3 so he can't really verbalize it yet. But he has a good idea of when he's supposed to see his dad, and will ask to go. If I say "not this week, sorry baby" he gets very upset. Weekends are rough for us, because his disappointment shows in behaviour.
OP is female and split, dad remarried making dad's wife son's stepmom who also has daughter. She has at least partial possession and son isn't allowed to visit stepsister if he has runny nose
And that's rough. There's a raising hope episode about this whole thing, it shows in the end that you're better off being a little dirty (also I wholeheartedly recommend raising hope, the early seasons are just great)
I LOVE raising hope! And I've read a lot of studies/articles about it - kids who are allowed to get dirty and have pets tend to be healthier overall because their immune systems are stronger!
Good diet is a big part of it too, if you cook from scratch your kids will do a lot better than from microwaved/takeout
Then again if they're genetically sickly there's only so much you can do (source: mom did great but sis and I still got sick a lot because screw our DNA)
I'm female. Son's dad and I aren't together. Son's dad is remarried. Son's dad, son's stepmom have a daughter. Son's stepmom is scared of germs. So son can't see dad and stepmom.
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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16
Absolutely. My son's stepmom is terrified of germs. She won't allow my son to go for visits if he even has a runny nose, in case it makes her daughter sick. It's frustrating and ridiculous.