Friday, August 23, 2013

It's Absurd...

I've been accused of putting things into my child's mind to try and turn her against her own mother....
Those are words I never thought I would say, nor type, and honestly I wasn't going to acknowledge it on here, but I need an outlet for a minute, and its a subject that might as well be covered.
The idea that I would ever try and turn any of my kids against their own mothers or any family member is absurd.  It's truly an extremely painful and underhanded suggestion to make, by anyone towards me, and really bothers me and weighs heavy on me that anyone would honestly think that of me.  I love my children, with everything that is in me.  Do I agree with their mothers?  No, not always.  Will I let the kids know that?  Absolutely not.  Would I try and turn the kids against their moms?  Never, that would only hurt them, why on Earth would I intentionally want to cause my own children pain like that?  I mean seriously!  When I have my kids, I do everything I can to love them, to make them smile, and to do things with them.  I have limited time, the clock is ticking even before I pick them up.  So why wouldn't I?  Yet it seems I'm chastised for that, and it looks like I'm trying to "turn them to love me more."  When the hell did parenting become a damn competition?  If any parent views that parenting is a competition where they need to always try and one-up the other parent, they need their damn head examined.
It just makes me wonder....what type of person would accuse someone of doing something like that?  Is it something I should be concerned with?  I admit of thinking things like that could happen with my son, and now it's apparently an issue with my daughter.  I worry about it, because I'm not with my kids all the time, and at times its almost feels like their mothers see my involvement in my children's lives as a nuisance to them.  So yes, I worry at times that things could be said or suggested to my kids.  Do I voice that concern?  Absolutely not!  (Ignoring I just did it here)  Because the thought of doing that to my kids just kills me.  That is an issue their mothers will never have to worry about with me, yet after comments have been said to me, do I need to seriously worry? It just seems unfair.  It feels like at times that I'm the only one that has my kids's best interests at heart.  I realize I'm not, but at the same time I'm not the one going around accusing people of absurd things.  This is just another cog to be able to throw a wrench into I guess.  I wonder if I'm ever going to get a break?

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