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

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Mydogisamassivetwat · 18/12/2024 12:10

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.

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VBL · 19/12/2024 18:10

That honestly made me laugh out loud . My ex husband is a complete madman but that is next level . Imagine going to family court about a 22 year old that lives with his girlfriend 😂😂

Bilboben · 19/12/2024 18:12

After your son is 18 he is an adult up to him and his Dad if they meet. Tell him to go forth and multiply but in not so many words.

WonkyBananas · 19/12/2024 18:14

Why are many men so completely batshit?

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HolyMolyChristmasIsWHEN · 19/12/2024 18:15

Mydogisamassivetwat · 18/12/2024 12:28

Oh, I’ve been sending the same reply for the 15 years we’ve been divorced to all his nonsense. “Okay, let me know how that goes.”

Then I ignore any further nonsense and it always dies down. Like the time when he said he had contacted a solicitor as he wanted receipts for every penny of maintenance money spent so that I would have to prove it was all spent on ds. His solicitor was going to be in touch. “Okay, let me know how it goes.” Funnily enough, I never did hear from that solicitor 🤣

Fucking twat.

Brilliant response! Let me know how it goes! He must be frothing at the mouth with rage 🤣 what a weapon!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Minxmumma · 19/12/2024 18:26

Oh heck! They walk among us and appear to be growing in number 😂

Newoxonbird · 19/12/2024 18:33

Just wondering......he can't always have been such a nob otherwise you wouldnt have married him......surely ?
What was he like when DS was little ?

FenixWinda · 19/12/2024 18:37

So, your DS is half the age as exH but more than twice the grown up - it's comedy gold isn't it ?

Strokethefurrywall · 19/12/2024 18:43

its like having a pet idiot that I keep at arms length.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Magnificent. In my head it's similar to a pet rock only infinitely more stupid. Or a tamagotchi.

Gonners · 19/12/2024 18:44

@Mydogisamassivetwat - It's not your dog who's a massive twat, is it? It's a shame we can't all get together and send him a massive Christmas card, signed by everyone, saying he has been nominated for MN's coveted Idiot of the Year Award and that he will get a cardboard trophy if he can keep us entertained until your son is 40.

Lyraloo · 19/12/2024 18:55

This is the best laugh I’ve had all year 👏👏👏

Sisterwinter1969 · 19/12/2024 18:59

Surely you must have had some inkling of this moronic idiocy before you married him?? And you still did!

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 19/12/2024 19:00

Sisterwinter1969 · 19/12/2024 18:59

Surely you must have had some inkling of this moronic idiocy before you married him?? And you still did!

  1. Some men are really good at hiding their true natures.
  2. If you bother to read all the OP's updates, you'll see that she's already addressed this.
MyPithyPoster · 19/12/2024 19:03

Sisterwinter1969 · 19/12/2024 18:59

Surely you must have had some inkling of this moronic idiocy before you married him?? And you still did!

Most of my family will not hear a word against my ex-husband. They’re very proud to have called him a member of their family.
This is despite me having to take out three restraining orders against him deplete all of my savings fighting him in family court
Him pissing away all of the equity from our house out of sheer development if I couldn’t have it I wasn’t having it either
Made us homeless in the middle of the pandemic
Pays the absolute bare minimum child support
And considers that is a massive favour
But if you met him, I absolutely guarantee you’d like him and you wouldn’t know what all of us was about

FOXYMORON1707 · 19/12/2024 19:08

What a clown his poor girlfriend.

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 19/12/2024 19:12

Sisterwinter1969 · 19/12/2024 18:59

Surely you must have had some inkling of this moronic idiocy before you married him?? And you still did!

Behind every judgy post like this is a woman clinging to the incorrect belief that any shitty man can be spotted early on if women just look hard enough, abd that therefore any woman who gets burned by a shitty man is at some level to blame. Naturally, the judgy poster thinks that she's smart enough to look hard enough so therefore she's safe from men who will hurt her. She will shit on other women to cling to this hope that she won't be hurt by her husband.

Newsflash: you aren't safe. No woman, other than possibly lesbians and nuns, is safe. Surely the Pelicot case has proved that now?

itsgettingweird · 19/12/2024 19:20

TheCanaryInThePurpleSkirt · 19/12/2024 18:02

And here we have another example of “What the actual fuck!” In terms of once upon a time, you adored the very bones of the man enough to love, cherish and have a child (now fully formed adult) with. And here you are, two plus decades later realising, he probably wasn’t one of your best moves. Apart from the obvious. Your son.

Men, eh!

That's so very true.

So many people ask why I laugh at the things my ex did and has done and shrug when they ask why I'm not annoyed at no child Maintenon or contact.

My answer always is my son. Because he gave me ds and because he's the tosser that's missed out on what a wonderful child he gave me.

Mamabear999 · 19/12/2024 19:27

OP this is hilarious. Give me such a laugh. What a complete dick he is 🤣🤣

ErinAoife · 19/12/2024 19:33

Thank you so much for your thread. I am going to steal your "let me know how it goes" and "noted" when ex is being a plonker.

Bookworm1980 · 19/12/2024 19:35

WonkyBananas · 19/12/2024 18:14

Why are many men so completely batshit?

Because when they were little boys their mummies ensured the whole world revolved around them and they had everything they could possibly desire… and so of course they grew up into self entitled man-brats with narcissistic souls who throw tantrums when they are told NO!

GrannyNannyMagratandGreebo · 19/12/2024 19:40

GoldsolesLugs · 18/12/2024 13:15

Your ex sounds like a loony arsehole, but what age was the DS when you moved away from the ex? If he was still a dependent this is a bit of a dick move tbh. It's attempting to sabotage him having a relationship with his dad, and to my mind is on the same moral level as separated parents trash-talking each other to the children.
I'm sure people will ask "So should women not be able to move away from their exes?" and the answer is, morally, no they shouldn't.

Are you serious? You have no idea why they divorced.

BelleSauvage9 · 19/12/2024 19:56

'Oh, thank fuck.

His girlfriend will be relieved not to lose custody of him.'

😂😂😂

Wibblywobblyses · 19/12/2024 20:00

Mydogisamassivetwat · 18/12/2024 12:43

Oh God, there is more than one of him!

Ds and his girlfriend lived with us for a year, as we are fortunate to have a little annexe/studio type thing, until they moved into their own place a few months ago. That was the last time he waded in. He didn’t think it was appropriate that ds was sharing a room with his girlfriend (both 21 years old), and that he would be contacting social services as ds has two younger siblings in the house. I told him to let me know how it goes….

Wow, smart approach. I applaud you, you are one strong and savvy lady. Bravo.

Nikki75 · 19/12/2024 20:00

I'm laughing my head off here 🤣 😂 going for full custody of his 22 year old .
Can you imagine solicitors next steps .
Don't forget to pack his overnight bag and jarmies 😂

Nikki75 · 19/12/2024 20:02

Mydogisamassivetwat · 18/12/2024 20:06

Obviously, he wasn’t a raging dickhead when I met, married and had a child with him or I’d have run a mile.

He was quite normal, until a decade into our relationship when I found out he was shagging someone at work and then I left him.

That was the catalyst for him turning into a person I no longer recognised. I hurt his ego by leaving him. I didn’t lie a bout why I did, and that made people judge him and made him look bad. Our divorce was easy and amicable but he didn’t like people thinking badly of him and has taken it out on me ever since.

The difference is, I moved on. I worked on myself, built a good life and now, I can just laugh at him.

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A raging dickhead 😂🤣😂🤣 I'm in stitches !!

Ap42 · 19/12/2024 20:06

I bought my popcorn for this one! 🤣