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My Partner’s Daughter is Jealous of Our Relationship (Emotional Incest)

utworzone przez | 30.lip. 2024 | Rodzina i dzieci, Miłość i intymność

Pytanie: I am 52 years old, divorced, and recently started a new relationship with a divorced man who has three adult daughters. Since he introduced me to his daughters, the youngest of them has been feeling very insecure. She has started coming over more often, cooking and shopping for him. She shows me that I am unwanted through passive aggression, leaving ambiguous messages on his bedside table, asking provocative questions… He tries to discourage her, but instead of being direct, he acts passively-aggressively and it doesn’t yield results. I don’t know how to handle this or how much I should interfere in their relationship.

Odpowiedź: Father-daughter enmeshment is still somewhat more rare than mother-son emotional entanglement, but it’s not uncommon. It seems that the daughter lacks a clear understanding of the difference between a partnership and a parent-child relationship. She has likely been entangled in a pattern of kazirodztwo emocjonalne od dziecka, do czego niewątpliwie przyczynili się jej rodzice. Musi zrozumieć, że ojciec kocha ją jako córkę, a nie jako partnerkę, i że jedno nie wyklucza drugiego. Może to być jednak trudne do osiągnięcia, ponieważ jej podświadome wzorce były budowane przez wiele lat i mogą opierać się racjonalnym wyjaśnieniom.

Ideally, her father should explain this difference to her and set clear boundaries. A major problem here is insufficiently clear communication. He is trying to send a non-verbal message, but she may interpret it her own way or decide to ignore it. Try talking to your partner about why he finds it difficult to communicate directly. As a child, he was probably punished or discouraged if he expressed himself clearly verbally, or he learned from his parents’ example that passive aggression yields results. However, the situation has changed in the meantime.

How much should you interfere in their relationship? You have the right to react to behavior that is disrespectful and hurtful towards you. However, it is important to first assess how much of your hurt is real (neglect and violation of your personal boundaries, disrespect, insults…) and how much might stem from childhood (fear, guilt, feelings of abandonment and worthlessness, competitiveness…). In any case, it is necessary to act like an adult and communicate clearly, calmly, and respectfully.

Czas pokaże, czy coś się zmieni, czy nie. Nikt nie zmienia się z dnia na dzień. Jeśli córka poczuje się bezpieczniej i z czasem przyzwyczai się do ciebie, sytuacja może ulec poprawie. Z biegiem czasu będziesz miała również okazję zobaczyć inne cechy behawioralne swojego partnera i ocenić, czy jest on odpowiednią osobą dla ciebie, czy nie. W tej chwili najważniejszą rzeczą dla ciebie jest skupienie się na budowaniu własnej samooceny i komunikowaniu się z jasnością i rozwagą.

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Kosjenka Muk

Kosjenka Muk

I’m an Integrative Systemic Coaching trainer and special education teacher. I taught workshops and gave lectures in 10 countries, and helped hundreds of people in 20+ countries on 5 continents (on- and offline) find solutions for their emotional patterns. I wrote the book “Emotional Maturity In Everyday Life” and a related series of workbooks.

Some people ask me if I do bodywork such as massage too – sadly, the only type of massage I can do is rubbing salt into wounds.

Just kidding. I’m actually very gentle. Most of the time.

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