Can't really make head nor tail of this so looking for some form of insight!
Ok so my partner has his son a few nights a week - son absolutely idolises him, cant wait to be with him etc, partner owns his own farm so is working there most of the time, has lambs, sheep, ducks, chickens, all kinds of tractors and his DS is in his absolute element when hes with him.
Recently the exw contacted him and said you have to stop taking him to the farm when you have him because he's told me he doesn't like it anymore and he's really bored and wishes you would take him to a park or something different..
This took my partner by surprise as his son (8) has never expressed any dislike at being on the farm when he's with him and often gets disappointed if my partner rings him and hes out feeding lambs etc and his son can't be there too.
So last night my partner confronted DS when they were on their own and asked if the things they did together were boring - immediately his son looked shocked and said no way dad I LOVE being on the farm with you!! its grandma that keeps saying why don't you do something else aren't you bored of doing that by now, not me dad honest!!
sooo obviously partner confronted the exw and she insisted their son had said these things - son still insisted he didn't....
she is the type of person that has ulterior motives for everything - shes a very very manipulative person and tries her best to get her own way.. but at the moment we are struggling to see what benefit this has to her by saying stop doing something with their son that he quite clearly loves??
OR is this perhaps his DS way of trying to play them off against each other? do kids that age do that??
Obviously his DS welfare is the upmost concern, and if he is really unhappy but doesn't want to tell his dad for fear of upsetting him then something obviously needs to change but if DS keeps insisting he loves it then what do you do?? has anyone had experience of this before?
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Is the Exw lying or is it something else??
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movingonup2015 · 10/06/2015 12:46
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