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to be furious that exH gave the mother's day card dd made me to his gf?

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PuffyPigeon · 06/04/2014 21:01

Have posted about exH keeping hold of dds uniform, coat etc after collecting her from school for his ccontact weekends. He was EA to me and likes to keep things so I'll have to ask for them back/so I have the prospect of him possibly dropping in whenever he feels like to return said items.

More recently he's been keeping other things. For example, dds class were studying dinosaurs and dd had her dinosaur encyclopedia, teddy and walking with dinosaurs programme in the 'dinosaur area' at school. They returned these things of one of the Fridays he collected her, and they've never returned home. Another week there was a thank you letter for some charity fundraising dd and I did for the school which dd now says is on his fridge for him to pretend he did it with her Angry

There was a certificate and medal for a sporting competition which I helped her train for, took her to all the practices for, took a day off and travelled to take her to, sat watching for three hours with toddler in tow. He was on annual leave but didn't come. He has kept the medal and certificate and told his parents and gf he was there.

Last week dd was saying she'd made me a mother's day card at school. She described it but said she couldn't find it and was upset. Turns out it'd gone home in her book bag on the Friday he collected her. Tonight when I went to pick dd up it was displayed in his front window. I asked about it and he said he'd assumed it was for his gf...!

Aibu to be furious that he keeps doing this and to want it to stop now?

OP posts:
sashh · 07/04/2014 12:11

What a cock womble.

This is abuse, of you and your dd.

The school may not want to get involved so I would write to them, explain that many things your daughter has brought in to school have not come home.

List them all if you can, including the certificate and medal.

Say that you have asked her father but he does not have the items and dd was upset that she couldn't find the card, and you were also upset.

Explain that your daughter said she had made a mother's day card but it didn't come home with her so you are supplying an envelope/bag/tray/box (A4 envelope as described above) which you will collect every Monday morning.

Explain that this bag/box/whatever is your property and must not be handed over to anyone, if it is that will be theft.

Explain that this is an accommodation for your daughter's SN (I know it isn't, they will know it isn't but it is easier for them to go along with if ex starts paddying).

Don't post the letter, take it in and explain what is happening. Say you have no objection to dad getting pictures of things dd has made or photos of her in costume etc but dd wants her things at her home.

If you are worried about her standing out / being different (or she is) then maybe you could supply 25 (however many children in the class) boxes so everyone has a box.

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