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AIBU to wonder if grandmas birthday message breached the restraining order?

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Happychappy77 · 10/08/2026 13:17

My ex wife has a restraining order meaning she cannot have direct or indirect contact (through social media or third party)for the next 10 years due to the abuse she put me through. It was my dd 3rd birthday on Saturday (full custody) and I received a message from exs mum, dd grandma. ‘Hey can you wish dd a happy birthday from all of us on this side as we don’t have contact at the center this week’ I spoke to my family about it and some think I should report it as a possible breach as ‘all of us’ implies ex too but I don’t want to overreact i think it might be a bit of a reach as emotions are high but admittedly it has sat funny with me dd has supervised contact with her mum at a center a few times a month. Had a few messages recently where the message seems okay on the surface but there’s a lot of ‘we feel’ and ‘us’. Tia :)

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smallglassbottle · 10/08/2026 13:25

So you want your dd to have a birthday that doesn't involve any birthday wishes from her mother/her side of the family. Don't you think she'll wonder why they haven't wished her happy birthday?

ShanghaiDiva · 10/08/2026 13:25

I don’t have any experience of this type of situation, but the message is from the grandma and I assume ‘all of us’ means eg grandpa, aunts, uncle, cousin etc.
I would not report it.

Nousernameideaaga · 10/08/2026 13:24

Onbdy · 10/08/2026 13:23

More information is needed here. Anyone can get a restraining order, what are the circumstances?

OP said it was due to abuse. That’s enough information.

Nousernameideaaga · 10/08/2026 13:23

Hmmmm that’s tricky

My first reaction was YABU

But not sure actually . Abusers do try and find ways of maintaining power over and contact with the ones they have abused.

Im not sure what the best advice would be either.

Presumably gran is the intermediary , could you say “I will let dc know that you say happy birthday”

How do you normally communicate with gran?

Onbdy · 10/08/2026 13:23

More information is needed here. Anyone can get a restraining order, what are the circumstances?

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