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Do you ever resent your child?

Posted by on May. 22, 2012 at 4:12 PM
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I have a friend that blames all of her personal problems on having a kid and it affects the way she treats him.  I think she really just wants her freedom because all she thinks about is the men she could be dating and the places she could go if she weren't a mother.

Posted by on May. 22, 2012 at 4:12 PM
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katemarie97
by Member on May. 22, 2012 at 4:15 PM
My marriage has been horrible currently going through a divorce now but with all the crap that my stbx put me through while I was pregnant I was afraid I'd resent our son because he's a product of his father but when he was born my concern for that quickly went away.I do have a friend however, that has a daughter by one man and a son with her current husband and she will openly admit to resenting her daughter because she's from another man..and she can be quite awful to her..sad
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katatrinakay
by Katrina on May. 22, 2012 at 4:21 PM
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I resent my ex, not my kids.....
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Robsessed98
by Anna on May. 22, 2012 at 4:23 PM

That's horrible.  My girls are by 2 different men, but I never resented them for who their dads are... that was my fault, not theirs.

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My marriage has been horrible currently going through a divorce now but with all the crap that my stbx put me through while I was pregnant I was afraid I'd resent our son because he's a product of his father but when he was born my concern for that quickly went away.I do have a friend however, that has a daughter by one man and a son with her current husband and she will openly admit to resenting her daughter because she's from another man..and she can be quite awful to her..sad


mrene88
by Member on May. 22, 2012 at 4:24 PM
Definitely not! I adore my son :)
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prdmama1154
by Member on May. 22, 2012 at 4:25 PM
No. Not even a little bit.
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Tana13us
by on May. 22, 2012 at 4:28 PM

no way

mommynac
by on May. 22, 2012 at 4:30 PM

No. She sounds f'd up.

Robsessed98
by Anna on May. 22, 2012 at 4:31 PM
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She is.  She had her kids too young and she had no business having them period. Some women just weren't cut out to be moms.

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No. She sounds f'd up.


brieri
by Platinum Member on May. 22, 2012 at 4:32 PM

 No, I don't resent them in a way that is described by what you are saying having freedom.  I resent them because they took the wrong route and I had wanted to talk to them about it, but I had no control over the situation.  Therefore that is the resentment I have of them, not being in their lives.

charmgirl
by Member on May. 22, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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I will admit to feeling resentful at times but I believe it comes back to feeling resentful @ myself because I can't do enough or be theimage I had in my mind of his mom.
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