Today, I told both my boyfriend and my son that they needed to start spending more time together. They both asked why and what they did that I feel the need to punish them. They’re so similar, even I forget they’re not father and son, and yet for some reason they hate each other. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after I broke up yet another fight between my sons, I demanded to know why they hate each other and fight all the time. After some blank looks they said, almost in unison, “It is the way” and wouldn’t explain what they meant. Even the internet isn’t being helpful here. Help. FML
Today, my parents have deliberately ruined my last 2 relationships, because they want me to get back together with my ex simply because he is my son's dad. Apparently, my son needs his father more than I need a man who won't beat me every time he gets drunk. FML
Today, my husband and son haven’t spoken to each other in over a year. I’ve tried everything from bargaining, crying, and even screaming at them both, but they seem determined to hate each other. At this rate, our son will move out and we’ll never see him or our future grand babies. FML
Today, I was watching TV with my husband and my 5-year-old son. Everything was going fine until my son asked his father, “Why can’t mom know that you have another sweetheart?” FML
Today, my son got in an argument with my boyfriend, packed up his stuff, and moved in with his dad. Not five minutes later I saw my boyfriend doing his stupid happy dance. When angrily confronted, he admitted he orchestrated every argument for months until he got the result he wanted, my son gone. FML
Today, my wife is mad at me because she claims I don’t spend any time bonding with her son. It’s as though she refuses to understand that just because we are in different rooms, on separate PlayStations, doesn’t mean we’re not playing the same game, and talking through headphones for hours at a time. FML
Today, my two sons were fighting. I had to shout, "Give me that pillow" - the object over which they were quarrelling - and put them into two separate rooms. My sons are 12 and 15. FML
Today, I yelled at my oldest son for picking his little brother up by the throat. Only to then be yelled at my my mother-in-law for hurting his feelings. FML
Today, my son asked if there was a way to make parenting easier. I sarcastically told him he could be a deadbeat who sees his kid every two weeks. He must have thought I was serious because he broke up with his girlfriend and baby, turned up at my door expecting to have his old room, and told my wife it was my idea. FML
Today, it became apparent that my father knows more about my boyfriend than I do because he spends so much time interrogating him. FML
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Nazmazh 18
If they mix like oil and water, perhaps it's best that you don't try to force them to be all chummy. If they're content generally leaving each other to do their own things peacefully, why mess with that dynamic and make everyone miserable? And if they're actively antagonizing each other as is, it'd still be better to direct them to a truce and being civil to each other, rather than trying to make them best-buddies-forever when that will likely never happen.
Yudith 28
Have you ever seen two jigsaw puzzle pieces that won't fit into each other because they are basically the same? That's your boyfriend and your son.
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Nazmazh 18
If they mix like oil and water, perhaps it's best that you don't try to force them to be all chummy. If they're content generally leaving each other to do their own things peacefully, why mess with that dynamic and make everyone miserable? And if they're actively antagonizing each other as is, it'd still be better to direct them to a truce and being civil to each other, rather than trying to make them best-buddies-forever when that will likely never happen.
Yudith 28
Have you ever seen two jigsaw puzzle pieces that won't fit into each other because they are basically the same? That's your boyfriend and your son.
RichardPencil 32
Sounds like you're forcing it just to make things convenient for you.
Ghostrui 31
It'd just end badly for everyone if you tried forcing any kind of relationship between them.
SirEnigM0nk 22
Ironically, you succeeded in getting them unified. In how to keep you from meddling with their relationship, that is.