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Hey guys so I’ve read your comments and have some things I’d like to say back.

When I first entered this relationship I knew she would be part of his life forever and when we were keeping things causal I even told him that if he changes his mind and wants to go back there that all he has to do is let me know and it would be cool. But then we both got the feelings, and her smashing my car the first time only brought us closer together despite her intentions. I never anticipated the criminal damage and either did he, he said he never knew her to be like that and the reason they had ended things was because she had broken up with him 7 times throughout their relationship and even wanted to abort the baby they had planned to have together (obviously didn’t go through with it).

As for the child I absolutely adore him and he loves me I would never hold his mothers actions against him and when he’s here with us we’re like best friends. It’s difficult sometimes when I see him and his mother walking down the street and I feel like I can’t go over and say hello to him because Baby Momma would have a problem with it. But don’t ever for a minute think that I don’t love ‘the kid’ because I do and I care for and treat him like he’s my own.

I am honest and I will say that yes I am insecure, I know for a fact I am. I’m usually pretty good at identifying what’s wrong with me mentally as I’ve been through bouts of depression in the past and most of the time can work my way out of feeling that way by thinking logically about the problem. But this one I find so difficult because I feel so many emotions about it, I’m hurt, sad, angry, insecure and feel so worthless. And when we talk about it I end up feeling better for a few days but then her name pops up on his phone cause she wants to talk about her on again-off again 18 year old boyfriend and I feel shitty again.

I feel like such a fool! What am I doing, I was strong before all of this, I was confident in myself and I felt so full of worth.

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Hi everyone, this topic is a bit long winded. My boyfriend and I have been seeing each other for about a year and a half. At first we were keeping things casual as we were both out of pretty serious relationships but as time went on we realised we really liked each other and wanted to be together. He’s 27 and I’m 25 and he has a young child with another woman. The woman he had been with before me. Anyway, this woman, who is also 25 didn’t like the idea of us being together and in order to try and break us up sent me a plethora of threatening messages over Facebook and also smashed the windows of my car on two separate occasions. She claims she was mad at me cause I was the whore who was breaking up her family and that it was all my fault that he didn’t take her back again and so on... I took legal action against her the second time round but throughout the whole ordeal she has been using the child as a weapon against my partner. Things have seemed to died down now because she’s been to court and got probation and me seeing the child hasn’t been an issue the only problem I have now is that I’m not comfortable with the relationship he has with her. I am the only one out of the three of us adults that drives, so I drop my partner to and from her house to pick up or drop off the kid and I’m not allowed to park outside of her home as she has a major issue with that but she has no problem walking out and standing at my car talking to my partner while I’m sitting in the drivers seat. Now let’s get one thing straight... I cannot stand this woman and I don’t want to even see her let alone hear her voice. And my partner just lets it happen. Before when things were tough he was a lot harder on her and wouldn’t give her much of his time but these days she’s ringing him up to talk about her problems and asking him to mind her other two children from and earlier relationship in her house. When I try to address how I’m feeling with him he says things like “she’s the mother of my child” which I get but after everything I’ve been through with this toad of a woman that’s sometimes the hardest thing to hear. Like I understand that they need to be in contact for the sake of the child but I’m not comfortable with their relationship as it stands at the moment and I feel like when I try to express my emotions it just doesn’t matter because she pushed his child out of her Vagina. And I know this probably sounds so silly but he has her saved in his phone as Baby Momma 💕💕 and I just don’t like it. I think had things been different between her and I that wouldn’t be as much of an issue for me but I absolutely despise this woman and I’d rather their relationship was more civil and only centred around the child rather than all friendly as if I wasn’t hurt by the whole criminal damage and threats situation. I feel forgotten about and like I don’t matter as much to him and I don’t know what to do. He’s a difficult man to talk to about your feelings and emotions and sometimes he gets so defensive about everything that it just makes me feel worse. I’m worried because I love this man to pieces and I want to spend my life with him but I sometimes wonder should I step away,let them do their thing and be friendly towards one another for the sake of their child. I just feel like I can’t go on like this much longer but I also don’t want to dish out demands or ultimatums.

If anyone out there has some advice for me or if you’re in a situation like this yourself how do you handle it?

Thanks for reading 💜💜