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to not wanted exH to bring my daughter home?

155 replies

flummoxedbanana · 13/12/2013 12:21

Dd, 6, felt ill after school yesterday. She had a temperature, earache, off her food etc. ExH was supposed to be collecting her from school today but as it seemed she wouldn't be going I asked ifhe wanted to collect her last night instead as it's on his way home from work and it saves him the hour trip here. He did so but has called this morning saying he thinks dd has chicken pox and wants to bring her home now as his gf is pregnant. His gf has had it twice and though it's unlikely she'd catch it, I appreciate them wanting to be careful.

However, he hasn't seen dd for a month and won't again for another three weeks. I've had no time to wrap presents etc and this was my weekend to get organised for Christmas. Dd has had a sickness bug and ear infection in the past month and my other dd has been poorly too so I've had countless sleepless nights looking after them, so much so I've developed eczema which is a reaction to being run down according to my doctor. Dd is upset and asked that his gf stay elsewhere as she hasn't seen her dad for so long. Her mum lives round the corner so she could do that. ExH, however, said its her home too and he's not going to ask her to do that. Dd said 'i thought it was my home too?' Sad

AIBU in thinking it shouldn't always be up to me to deal with everything? If dd had had chicken pox when I was pregnant it's not as if I could or would have shipped her out until she was no longer contagious.

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flummoxedbanana · 13/12/2013 12:45

Precisely, Lj8893, she'd have to go to her mum's then. Dd will come home and be arsey with me because he'll make out I demanded she come home and he's already told her about all of the amazing things they had planned (which is probably bollocks as he doesn't usually do anything with her). I have no problem looking after her of course but it does rankle that she's never his responsibility. It'd be easier if he wasn't involved as then dd wouldn't blame me for him being crap.

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AmberLeaf · 13/12/2013 12:45

JumpingJack I think the general consensus is that the EX/DDs father is the one in the wrong.

SmiteYouWithThunderbolts · 13/12/2013 12:46

YANBU to expect your ex-partner to find a work around to still spend time with his dd, but if your dd is poorly maybe she wants to come home and be with you. I'm assuming she doesn't have the closest relationship with her dad if she sees him so little. I wouldn't want to be stuck with someone I didn't feel completely at home with if I was a poorly kid.

SmiteYouWithThunderbolts · 13/12/2013 12:47

Dd will come home and be arsey with me because he'll make out I demanded she come home and he's already told her about all of the amazing things they had planned

Ah, cross posted and missed that. Well you're definitely NBU in that case. He sounds like an arsehole if he's messing with her head like that. Not fair on her at all.

WorraLiberty · 13/12/2013 12:47

Why are people comparing to being a pregnant mother of a child with CP?

In that sort of circumstance, you couldn't do anything about it and the mother would have to be put at risk.

In this circumstance they can do something about it (even though it's heartbreaking for the DD) because this woman is not a mother of a child with CP.

Why would she put herself and her baby at risk unnecessarily?

BruthasTortoise · 13/12/2013 12:48

I think this is one of the few occasions when have a separated family is actually helpful. I know on occasion we have kept my DSSs at home if there is an infectious illness doing the rounds at their mums and they always stay home if they're ill as they, like most people, prefer to be in their own beds when ill.

JoinYourPlayfellows · 13/12/2013 12:48

"Dd will come home and be arsey with me because he'll make out I demanded she come home"

Set her straight on that one.

Chunderella · 13/12/2013 12:48

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flummoxedbanana · 13/12/2013 12:49

I'm not blaming his gf, I'm blaming him. He wouldn't consider letting her stay at her mum's even if she offered. His mum lives round the corner too so exH and dd could stay there, she was left to stay there alone last time and would like to do so.

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Lj8893 · 13/12/2013 12:49

She's the stepmother to the ops dd, it should work the same way.

JoinYourPlayfellows · 13/12/2013 12:50

"Why would she put herself and her baby at risk unnecessarily?"

She wouldn't.

She could just go around the corner to her mother's so that a little girl, who clearly (and quite correctly) feels pushed out of her Dad's life, could see her father for a change.

AmberLeaf · 13/12/2013 12:52

Sounds like there are options to make it work, but he just cant be bothered.

DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn · 13/12/2013 12:53

YABU. As his gf has had CP twice, it would be foolish to assume she was immune.

CranberrySaucyJack · 13/12/2013 12:53

The GF is in loco parentis Worra. It is hers and the father's responsibility to sort the situation out between themselves- not just dump the child back at the OP's without her blessing.

DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn · 13/12/2013 12:55

Any other illness then I agree she should stay but these are quite special circumstances.

Lj8893 · 13/12/2013 12:58

If I was the gf, then I would be going to stay at my mothers so my partners little girl could spend precious time with her dad. Or I would be insisting he and his dd go and stay with his mum.
As OP has said both mums live nearby.

JoinYourPlayfellows · 13/12/2013 13:00

Dd is upset and asked that his gf stay elsewhere as she hasn't seen her dad for so long. Her mum lives round the corner so she could do that. ExH, however, said its her home too and he's not going to ask her to do that. Dd said 'i thought it was my home too?'

How could anyone put a kid out after they had expressed so clearly that it would hurt them to be made to leave?

When there are several other workable options?

SomePeopleNeedHelp · 13/12/2013 13:01

RTFT people, both gf's and dad's mothers live around the corner.

YANBU. I have one like this, his priority is not his child and I have no idea how I am going to get ready for Xmas either.

Poor girl. But nothing you can do about it except do not fudge it with her.

bobbywash · 13/12/2013 13:04

YABU there is nothing else to say

Maybe83 · 13/12/2013 13:12

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BrandybuckCurdlesnoot · 13/12/2013 13:12

What Bruthas said. This is one of those occasions that having 2 homes is a good thing isn't it? It is not the same as having parents living together and Mum is pregnant then chucking a child out of their house to stay with neither of their parents... this is a case of the child going back to their other parent in their other home.

If the OP was in the same situation, you would hope that their DD could go and stay at her Dad's for a while to minimise the risk to the unborn child. (ideally, I am well aware that may not happen with some separated parents)

YABU

BrandybuckCurdlesnoot · 13/12/2013 13:14

YANBU to think it's pretty crappy of him to not make time to see his daughter more over Christmas.

AmberLeaf · 13/12/2013 13:15

If the OP was in the same situation, you would hope that their DD could go and stay at her Dad's for a while to minimise the risk to the unborn child

Doesn't look likely in this situation.

flummoxedbanana · 13/12/2013 13:19

It's one of those situations where having two homes could be a good thing, if there were any give and take.

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DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn · 13/12/2013 13:22

RTFT people, both gf's and dad's mothers live around the corner.

I have read it thanks. My opinion remains the same.

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