Come and have a laugh at my ex husband of you need cheering up!

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Ds was planning to visit his dad at some point over Christmas. Looking at trains last night, they were absolutely extortionate and for two days, inc 10 hour travel time, it wasn’t worth the price.

Ex h has gone mental. Sent me a text last night saying that as I chose to move so far away from him, it’s my responsibility, and I should bring ds to him for contact. I have to drive him or pay the train fare. He’s going to “take advice” on next steps.

Ds is 22 years old. Yes, twenty-two. Not two. A grown man.

Has his own job, didn’t know when his leave would be until last night so couldn’t plan in advance, and to be honest, he’s a grown arse adult who is working Christmas Day anyway and what he does with his free time and his money is no longer any of my business.

I am wondering on what these next steps will be? Solicitor, perhaps? Or maybe he will go for full custody? I mean, ds lives with his girlfriend now, so I presume it’s her he would take to court, not me? Or perhaps their landlord? Who knows!

Oh and I know I’ll get asked why he still has my contact details. It’s because, every so often, he will do something batshit like this and honestly, I find it hilarious. When ds was 18, he said he was going to court for full custody and was contacting solicitors as ds didn’t want to go to uni, so this is nothing new, the man is just a fucking idiot. I tell him to let me know how it goes and then ignore him.

Ahh OP your ex’s batshittery is the gift that keeps on giving, can see why you’d stay in contact for all the gems he comes up with.
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It's been a while since I had a good laugh at a MN post. OP your ex is insane

Actually I find these moments quite reassuring.
It's a good reminder as to the reasons why I split with the ex in the first place.
It's also a comforting reminder that he's no different, is just as insufferable, but now his behaviour is someone else's problem!

Friends exh wanted EOW visitation for their dc. The youngest was 18 and was in the first year of uni

I would pity any solicitor or other legal professional having to deal with him. It would be against their code of ethics to take him for a ride and cost him a lot go money, which would be deserved.

I hope he’s paying Child Maintenance to your DS’s GF!

Do you think he's old enough,at 22, to face forwards or should the seat still be rear facing.

That’s one of the funniest things I’ve read on here!

OP I wouldn’t block him either - I bet you
almost look forward to these occasional gems 😂

I’d find it really difficult not to reply with something like “Oh no. Please don’t take my baby away. Please. We can work something out. Please. He’s my BAAAABEEEEEEEE!!!!” Followed by a “🙄”.

Wow, op

He's a fucking headcase

It’s so gratifying when the dcs come to the realisation that their deadbeat dads are useless narcissistic arses and start to treat them with the ambivalence they deserve!

Have had a similar situation and yes, I chuckled to myself.

Honestly, you've put up with this magnificently for all these years, the least you should get from it is a good laugh...

Merry Ex-mas! 😂

I'd reply with a crying emoji (as in the Hilarious one).

😂😂 I really hope tells a solicitor how unreasonable you are being, because the solicitor will probably tell him straight.

Why have I never thought of this?? I bloody love jamaica ginger cake and I love icing... Oh dear... I'm going to have to try this!

You'd think after 15 years he'd have worked out that OK, let me know how that works out is code for sod off, you silly bugger. I give him no marks for intelligence but at least four stars for persistance

Your x will go down in history
As should you 💕

Wholly unnecessary to lumber the son with this truth.

A bloke I dated briefly tried this on his ex wife

They had two children between them before they broke up and she went on to have another baby with her new boyfriend

Cue a load of moaning about how 'his' money went on supporting 'her' new child

He saw these kids for one weekend every other weekend and moaned it cost him a fortune to have them for his 48 hours a fortnight

He moaned to both me and her,so she did the same thing over a month

She detailed every single penny (with proof) that she spent on both their joint children-school meals,after school clubs,clothing,food,gas,electric,rent-the lot,right down to the last packet of sweets and football stickers

She put the whole lot together and sent it-proving that his £25 a week (for both dc) didn't even touch the sides of what they cost

He came skidding to me,clutching this piece of paper,expecting sympathy from me

He wasn't laughing when I told him to grow up and dumped him

I know he went running to his mummy who did give him the sympathy he so deserved and found another woman to help him hide his wages from the 'greedy' ex

Best laugh is,he looks down on other men for not paying for their children!

Same bloke has tried to demand his then teen (shes now 25) dd spend her birthdays with him-no teen wants to walk round a theme park with her dad and friends,he tries to demand she comes over at least once a week for a coffee and a moan if her mum and if she doesn't,he has a go at her mum for not forcing her to go round and his son is to play with his Thomas the tank engine/moshi monster toys when he comes round to see him-the son is now 17

Prat

I had to check I didn't write this under an alternative name. My ex is also threatening to take me to court this Christmas, to see our adult child who lives independently.

Fuuuuck! There must be a whole gang of them out there, how frightening!

First question - ignore
Second question - mmmm, maybe they’d like a Christmas dinner. Then ignore follow up questions about who likes sprouts, gravy, cream or ice cream.

I reckon I'd have received the same threat if I had read the email (s) that were blocked.

DC1 mentioned it in passing 'he's at it again Mum', DC2 was really upset by it as they 'haven't received one of his rantings for a while'.

I've suggested they set up a filter and give him his own folder so that they don't feel the need to read them as part of their normal day and can choose to check the folder if they want to.

Really I think they should block the twat, but of course I would never tell them to do that.

Do you really need any contact with the ex dh? Your ds is 22 now and an adult, if he wanted to see his son or vice versa then he’d pay for the train/ meet him half way.
I’d block him and carry on with life.

What a tube, I wouldn't block him either as I'd find his little bitch fits very amusing too.

I hear from him sporadically when he’s got some mental notion. I find it funny. I don’t engage other than with the same phrase I’ve used for years now. Which I also find funny as any normal person would think, “oh, maybe that means piss off.”