Tension

It's the first week of August 2018. Chris and Shanann are in Myrtle Beach and this is the first time their daughters have experienced the ocean.

Of course Shanann is live on Facebook. There are no organic moments for this family due to Shanann's obsession with social media.

She truly believes she is entertaining the masses but she is robbing her family of their autonomy and privacy instead.

“It's the girls first time at the beach.”

In the beginning, he girls are very timid and unsure of it all.

The constant movement of the tide is so incredibly foreign and scary to Bella.

Don't get me wrong, a lot of kids are afraid of the beach in the beginning. But if you pay close attention to Bella's actions and reactions throughout this video you'll see what I mean. Her fearful nature is on full display. She cannot relax and enjoy herself.

Cece’s curiosity can't be contained and she quickly adapts to her surrounding. She is free to run and run and run. Celeste is having the time of her life.

FRsr has come along with his daughter and her family. He is oblivious of the tension between Shanann and Chris. He is a fun PopPop and he loves his girls.

Cece has grown very close to FR during the visit to NC. Chris was Cece's safe place. He was trustworthy and caring and it’'s obvious she depends on her daddy for almost everything. Without her daddy nearby to take care of her emotional and physical needs, Cece turned to FRsr.

While I watch this I can clearly see the side effects of Babywise. Bella, who was the unfortunate guinea pig for her mothers neglectful form of Babywise, has an unsecure attachment. She is timid and frightened of the world because she was left to “self soothe” as a newborn baby.

Cece never once turns to her mother for her emotional needs. She knows there will be none. Her daddy and PopPop are her sources.

Chris holds the hand of his oldest daughter. They stand quietly and allow the water to flow over their feet. Bella watches nervously gripping her dad tightly.

Shanann films and speaks longingly about the color of the water in the Caribbean. Through her camera lens we see Chris attempt to ease Bella into the water a little deeper but she screams and runs back to safety on dry ground. Cece approaches and holds her arms up to her daddy but he is preoccupied with Bella's fearfulness. He bends closer and asks Bella if she will let him carry her farther out into the water. Shanann hears him and calls out “No Chris” in no uncertain terms.

Shanann micromanages her family incessantly and won't allow her husband to make his own parenting decisions.

Shanann talks about taking the girls to Cabo in the near future but I don't think she was serious in the least. She loved these trips away from her children. She mentions her needing the “break” from her kids before each lifestyle getaway. A “refresher” she calls them. I've never known a “stay at home mom” with more “me” time than Shanann Watts.

Someone in the chat asks Shanann who had accompanied them to the beach. Shanann answers the question and includes the details of her dad being with them now and her mom coming in a few days to stay while FRsr goes home.

Imagine how this innocent question, asked by someone in the chat, must have felt to Chris. Shanann chatting about their condo and how her parents were there to enjoy the girls’ first holiday at the beach. Chris is listening. Forbidden from spending time with his mom and dad.

This trip to Myrtle Beach had originally included Chris’ entire family. His parents along with his sister, brother-in-law and his niece and nephew were staying at a condo just a couple of miles from where Bella and Cece were at this very moment. The reservation had been made and the deposit paid months ago.

After Nutgate, the entire Watts family were alienated from Chris and his daughters by Shanann. She had made it clear to Chris his parents were not welcome anywhere near her or their grandchildren.

The Watts texted and called Chris several times while they were all in Myrtle to ask if they could see him and the girls but he refused to answer them in order to avoid a fight with his wife.

Shanann would complain to Cristina later in the evening, after the girls were in bed, that her husband had barely spoken a word to her all day. He wasn't interested in having sex with her either. She claims to have no idea why he would be treating her so badly. Completely oblivious to her own disgusting actions toward her husband's family as the likely cause of the growing rift in her marriage.

In the video the disconnect between Shanann and Chris is visible. They don't speak to one another except for Shanann telling him “no” to taking Bella out into the waves.

Pay attention to the chat. Take notice of her responses to the comments but especially to her lack of response.

There are several comments about Chris looking “sexy.” Normally Shanann eats these kind of Comments up. This time however, she ignores each of them, changing the subject each time.

They appear incredibly uncomfortable toward one another. Shanann doesn't want to talk about how good Chris looks when she is feeling uncertain about his feelings for her. She mistakenly attributes his lack of attention toward her with the few added pounds she had gained of pregnancy weight.

But it wasn't the added 5 pounds. It was her constant text threads calling his parents “evil” and “dangerous.” She would only increase her vile accusations and threats as the days went by. She would become more and more desperate to save her marriage. Not because she loved her husband but because she needed to maintain her control over him.

This time it wouldn't work.

Madison Howard

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