Rant: Exh wants a fucking medal for buying football boots

[Assam]

For £30 when I've spent £250 on uniform for ds starting secondary & still got trainers to buy!!!

Grrrr just need to rant, he won't shut up about them, where he got them, the whole shop assistant story, how ds needs to look after them & wash after every use

I pointed out to ds not to worry too much as he'll grow out of them before they disintegrate which was met with a look of shock & hurt from ex

This is the same twat who slept in my new bed & complained i hadn't made a birthday cake for ds specifically for him to sing happy birthday if anyone remembers

Yanbu! What a twat!

I remember you/him. God he doesn't get any better does he?!

If he pays the going rate or more for maintenance then he deserves acknowledgement, not a medal. If he pays under the going rate, YANBU & he's a cock

What a dickhead!

YANBU. I can't BEAR people who "big up" there paltry contributions!

Make the stupid fucker contribute more next time.

Naze is he going to acknowledge the OP's contribution? Doubtful. He's the child's FATHER. He doesn't "deserve" acknowledgement!

Oh him again.

Violet All relationships are different. If my partner spent a fortune on something for my children, I'd acknowledge it. No idea why the use of capitals.

£30 a fortune vs £250???

What??

he'll grow out of them before they disintegrate which was met with a look of shock & hurt from ex

Does he think they'll last for the whole 5 years. You know, because kids dont grow, do they?

What a twat.

Naze thirty quid is not a fortune.

Sounds like my ex and he pays absolutely zilch child maintenance because he has DD overnight once a week and because he "pays for her at his house" he thinks that counts

Naze, it's her ex. She has kitted their DC out with almost everything, and he has bought one item, and thinks it's a big deal. She had spent more than 8 times what he has spent. He probably doesn't realise that, though, because she hasn't made a great big song and dance about doing that ordinary chore of buying her DC's school uniform.

My ex keeps banging on about the maintenance he pays. He has paid £300 in total in 12 years (all this year). He now says he doesn't need to buy DS any clothes because he 'pays maintenance.' He is such a wanker.

Reminds me of my ex. I finally just roundly ignored his self-aggrandizement.

I know what I do for my kids, and don't have to pat myself on the back for doing it.

Sorry he is such a douchecanoe.

He deserves acknowledgement, from OP??? Who's had to fork out for the whole school uniform?

Oh wow! What a wonderful father you a Cuntychops!

Aye, right on, pal.

Do you have a printer?

Make him a certificate.

He can hang it up in his house so that everyone will know he bought his child something he needed for school.

It's only fair you treat him like the true hero he is.

Why haven't you said 'I've spent £250' to shut him down? Would he then go on about how that should come out of maintenance?

ha a certificate I love it.
He knows how much it all cost, I'm not interested in shutting him down anyway he can carry on twatting about making himself look like an idiot. giving up the fight is very freeing, I'm proud I saved and budgeted for that uniform. I'm quietly keeping my dignity (and can rant on here!)

Certificate sorTed for you.