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To think I wasn't being a dick?

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GlummyMcGlummerson · 29/11/2020 15:02

I split up with exH 2 years ago, we have 2DC aged 4&8 and when they're at ex's they still see their cousins and aunty, my exSIL. ExSIL has only contacted me once since the split - to remind me to get her son (DN) a present (I refused said it was Ex's job now) - never checked to see I was ok after her brother had an affair. Anyway, her DS is 7 and over lockdown I allowed DD (8) to use my phone to face call him and play Minecraft with him at the same time on my iPad.

DN has his own iPad but he uses his parent's Facebook messenger accounts to face call DD.

Now we're back to normality, and school, I let DD have 3 hours in total on a weekend, split however she likes from Friday evening to Sunday. She used most of it on Friday after school, so that's her time used up. But DN has called (which came through to both my phone and iPad) 23 times. I didn't answer either as they've been in another room most of the day. I also had nuermous messenger messages like "DD call me now" and "Why aren't you calling you're upsetting me". I did reply sorry DD won't be having screen time today, but he still kept calling.

Anyway, I texted exSIL on the number I still have for her and said "Hi it's Glummy, can you stop DN from calling my messenger please, DD isn't allowed her iPad today and he's called 23 times today". She replied saying "OK but there's no need to be a dick about it he just misses DD that's all"Confused I don't think what I said was dickish at all. I'm tempted to reply and ask what she means. I haven't yet, but it's really bothered me. There's no backstory we got on fine when I was married to her brother but she firmly nailed her colours to the mast when we split (except when she wanted her son to get a birthday present, apparently that was still my job and if left to ex he wouldn't have got one Hmm)

OP posts:
GlummyMcGlummerson · 04/12/2020 22:01

What the one common cause men AND women should be fighting for is family/gender free toilets along side single sex toilets. Everyone wins!

Oh and more paper towels!! Hand dryers are gross and sometimes the air that blows out is cold which is heartbreaking in winter

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PerveenMistry · 05/12/2020 00:30

@GlummyMcGlummerson

Oh and I forgot to say - in the last message to exSIL where I said DD would play tomorrow evening, I told her to get in touch with exH from now on if there are any problems with my kids - even if it’s a problem that happened on my time. I’m not dealing with her shit anymore. ExH was here at the time picking the kids up for his weekend (got a call from the school as he hadn’t picked them up and wasn’t answering his phone, bloody prick, apparently there’s snow on the A66 that’s made him 3 hours late and he couldn’t POSSIBLY have let anyone know(sorry for mini rant but FFS)) and agreed with this.

Her reply: “Thats fine”

Yes, exSIL, I know it’s fine HmmGrin

Good for you! She sounds like a whiny bitch.

Thank you for the update; was dying of curiosity.

justilou1 · 05/12/2020 10:28

SIL sounds like a controlling arsehole. Having to have the last word. “That’s fine...” So ex obviously forgot to pick the kids up. Knob.

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