Should I pay towards DS's travel costs from ex-husbands house to school for DS?

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As the title suggests there is a level of disagreement here. DS lives 50/50 with ex and myself.

DS goes to school near my ex's house so I have been driving him to school for an hours round trip, twice a day for the past three years. I have never asked for a contribution, it never crossed my mind. DS walks to school from his Dads house. This costs a bomb in petrol but I accept it's my job to get him there and such is life.

DS is starting secondary this year and will be going to a school in walking distance from my house. No more school runs 🎉. Ex-h has just messaged to ask me to pay half of DS's bus pass from his house to the school, he won't drive him there. This is about £300 each. I have politely declined but want to know what the general consensus is.

Would you
A) refuse to pay
B) contribute a little bit (£100?)
C) something else?

Maybe calculate the cost of petrol that you've spent and suggest the cost is offset against your petrol bill?

@MrsOvertonsWindow quick calculation suggests I have spent about £1600-2000 on petrol so is that about 5 years of a bus pass?!

A - citing petrol

A - decline explaining that you have had the inconvenience of driving him plus cost of fuel and mileage on your car do he’s getting off lightly only needing to pay for a bus pass!

Maybe say that it's too complicated to work put half of what he owes you for the last three years, so you will call it quits until the start of year 10.

Sounds like you moved away when you split 3 years ago if DS has attended the same primary school for 7 years? If so, then the travel costs were your responsibility IMO.

Now that he’s going to a school near you, i don’t think you are responsible for getting him to school from his Dad’s house. Unless there’s a secondary school in walking distance from his house, he’d probably have to pay for travel costs anyway?

@ToughTalker fair point. The nearest secondary from his Dads house is a bus journey and a walk so he would have had to pay for travel regardless.

Update-sent a message last night which was read where I said I had driven extensively over the past three years and would consider contributing. No reply which means he is probably furious.