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Originally Posted by TishaBuv
"We used to go out to eat and he would say ok, there is X amount of $$. So you keep yours under this amount. If you let her eat off you plate we will not have to pay for her anything to eat and the boys can share a meal. So I get reduced to butter noodles and chicken strips so that little bitty can eat to, while I really wanted shrimp or a small steak. The boys get a sampler so that at least both of them get a little of what they want and we all drink water, but he gets a 15 oz steak with a baked potato and hey can we jsut add a skewer of shrimp, and he'll have tea to drink. "
Oh brother, that says it all! He's so selfish! You shouldn't have even gone with him to restaurants if he treated you all like that. I'd have taken my buttered noodles and dumped it on his head, lol!
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Well thats is where Stockholm Syndrome comes into play. You don;t bite the hand that feeds you. Complain and it is turns into "well we'll jsut stay home" which means I have to cook it, serve it, and clean up after it. So in my case it was jsut wiser to shut up and do as I was told. Another Good one was when I would suggest something different or was less then happy to have a little kid picking food off my plate was "you don't appreciate anything, you are so ungrateful, it's gonna be a long time before we come out again I can guarantee you that." So I just kept my mouth shut and took what he was willing to give.
In a situation where Stockholm Syndrome is not present then the obvious response would be dump it on his head, call him out on it, ask questions. But that was not possible.