A heart-heart talk with the sis-in-law

LuckyTaxi

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Enough is enough and it's sad to say her parents and older sister can't get through to this chick. I have a soon to be sis-in-law who's 18. She has a 2 y/o daughter with this fvcked up dude. The guy is never home, verbally abuses her to the point where she doesnt think she can do better. I won't go into much details since I could write a book on this ordeal! Anyways, she finally landed a job making $9/hr. Not bad for someone with NO WORK EXPERIENCE. Whether she'll be able to keep up and keep the job is another story. Well, $9 is $2 more than her husband. Dude is so lazy and smokes crack/weed almost everyday. Her parents "tried" kicking him out but he wont leave. I say call the cops but they wont.

Well, I'm hoping with this new job, she'll come to realize that she can do much better without him. He doesnt acknowledge his daughter nor does his daughter even know who he is. I spoke with her once and she said he just wont leave the house (they live in her parents house along with 5 other kids and 2 adults). I said call the cops but they wont. They feel sorry for him. LOL

Anyways, I dont know what good I'll do, but I think I can explain it to her better than her parents and sisters have. My fiance is no better, she said sooner or later the guy will leave. I swear, their whole approach to dealing with issues is so simple. Ignore the problem and hope it goes away. Her parents havent sat down and spoke with her about what she COULD be doing w/o him. They just say get rid of him, BLAH BLAH BLAH. Hopefully I can give better advice than her parents have.

Sometimes I wonder if this is a battle I wish to take upon. But it's sad to see a young woman throw her life away cuz she thinks no one will love her and her daughter. Between her husband telling her how dumb/ugly she is to her parents who only yell and scream all day about the husband, it's no wonder she's confused and doesnt know how to go about to solve her problem.
 

dishawbr

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If you feel like you should help, I'd say go for it. This guy is obviously a drain on society and she will be too unless they split up. So kick his ass or call the cops for them. Sounds like they just need some backbone..
 

thirdeye

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I see one of 2 things coming from this, either you will turn out to be very helpful to them or very hated by them. I'd have to lean towards the latter though. Some people don't like "outsiders" interfering with their problems no matter how pure your intentions are.
 

bleeb

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PWNED.... just do all that you can do.... so at the end of the day you feel like you've done all you can do.. then just let it go and move on with your own life.
 

Eli

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If he's seriously smoking rock around his little girl, call CPS.

I don't normally advocate things like this - it's all too easy to put myself in their shoes. I wouldn't want MY life - even if that life is abysmal - ruined by nosey people.

But hardcore drugs are where I draw the line.

The thought behind the CPS idea is that maybe the idea of losing her daughter because of this dude will make her rethink the situation.
 

isasir

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Originally posted by: Eli
If he's seriously smoking rock around his little girl, call CPS.

I don't normally advocate things like this - it's all too easy to put myself in their shoes. I wouldn't want MY life - even if that life is abysmal - ruined by nosey people.

But hardcore drugs are where I draw the line.

The thought behind the CPS idea is that maybe the idea of losing her daughter because of this dude will make her rethink the situation.

Of course the problem with this is that, if the situation really is as fvcked up as described, there's a good chance they WILL lose their daughter. I'm pretty sure lilcam will have easily made a lot of enemies in that family then, including his fiance.
 

broon

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Don't get involved. You aren't part of the family and they don't want your advice until you've been married for at least 5 years. But even then you still probably shouldn't get involved.

Besides. She's 18 and knows everything. She won't listen to you any more than she'll listen to her sister.