Post by Mia on Jan 20, 2012 12:10:24 GMT -5
My boyfriend and I have been together almost a year. He and his baby mama had drama way before I came along, but still had a reasonable relationship. At the early stages of our relationship (when we were just dating) I realized she called and dropped by often. She was aware of my significance, and I thought it didn't bother her, but once I moved in with him months later she flipped the mode up. Her issue and claim was "He paid more attention to me than he did his child" She put him on child support, filed for full custody and somehow got the court to agree to supervised visitation rights. He almost buckled, he is a little intimidated by her and her family. I felt he was being bullied and encouraged him to put up a helluva fight. I know how much of an emotional toll an absent parent can have on a child. I was hoping they could come to an agreement and avoid playing tug-of-war with the poor baby, but it got worse. Things even got physical :-( now he has NO VISITATION rights. It's been almost three months since he's seen his baby boy and I'm starting to notice the change in his mood. We hardly laugh and have fun anymore. He is severely depressed and what makes it worst is I'm decorating his sons bedroom, so I'm constantly shopping for him, but every time I come home with things for him it makes him think of him and I think it makes him sad, so sometimes I have to hide the gifts just to keep him uplifted and he closes up like a clam when I ask for updates on recent court actions. I just wanna see him happy again, this won't war cant go on forever I wish he didn't let it stress him out so much.