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Partner’s ex wife what do I do!

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Mamana127 · 26/09/2021 18:29

May I please have some advice from people who have dealt with with. I’ve been with my partner 6 years. We met 1 year of him being single and living alone. We have a 3 year little girl together. He has his own place while I have mine, but he spends majority of his time at mine.
When I got pregnant Ex wife went all crazy saying he promised not to have kids with anyone else, she denied him access from seeing his two girls 19&20 yrs for one year until the girls reached out themselves. Fast forward they now see their dad but only at his place. Meaning he has to go back there each time they say they want to come. They also didn’t want to know our little one until recently when she turned 3.
Now my problem is the ex. I have tolerated her for too long I don’t know what to do. She calls and txts my partner asking him to go and fix things there, feed the cats when she is away, put things up etc.. now the most recent one was she sent a txt asking my partner to promise that his will will only leave everything to their two girls and he won’t change it forever. Because her will says the same. She says their wills should be the same. My partner relied and said no he has changed his will and has included our little one on it. She said she understands but can my partner promise that majority will go to their girls? And “no one else” He didn’t reply.
I’m so angry 😡 what has his will got to do with her? I want to talk to him about it but I don’t know what to say.
During their split he left her everything. The house, the savings everything and left with his pension. She is now saying she feels she will be poor when she gets old as the house will go to their children blah… he is giving her financial advice and tries to help her.
I have never met this woman and I’ve really stayed away from all her drama.
She has called me names I cannot begin to write here. I just simply ignored. Have I ignored too much.
I’m I out of order to want to chat to my partner about this?

OP posts:
Notaroadrunner · 26/09/2021 18:58

The only problem you have is your dp. He doesn't have to have any communication whatsoever with his ex. His kids are adults and are well able to manage their own relationships with their dad. I'd be very wary of the fact that he chooses to maintain contact with her and he chooses to help her out with diy and whatever else he does for her. He's clearly not ready to cut ties with her and he needs to explain why.

VladmirsPoutine · 26/09/2021 19:00

Wow, I couldn't have been dealing with 6 years of this. If your partner is still engaging with her it's because he wants to.

Newkitchen123 · 26/09/2021 19:01

Why don't you live together?

ScumbagDave · 26/09/2021 19:02

Jesus, what?! You don't live together because his adult DCs might want to come and visit? And you have a child together??? This sounds awful for you op. The exw shouldn't be messaging you at all. I'd block her tbh and tell him to stop telling you everything she says to him. He doesn't live with you, so he must be telling you every time he does something for her.

All weird. Is this the relationship you want op? Really? Do you not lose all respect for him that he seems to be more scared of her than he cares about you and your poor DC? Awful! It isn't as if she's threatening to take his DCs away is it? They're adults! Jeez.

pasturesgreen · 26/09/2021 19:05

Now my problem is the ex

It isn't. Your problem is your 'D'P.

Tistheseason17 · 26/09/2021 19:09

Your DP needs to sort this.

Chewbecca · 26/09/2021 19:09

He didn’t leave her ‘everything’ by the way if he kept his pension.

I think you need to back away and keep to your own relationship, ignoring her. And ask him to not involve you in his relationship with his ex wife.

Kuachui · 26/09/2021 19:10

Your do got someone (you) pregnant and didn't move in with them... That's a dpbproblem right there. She should have been blocked a long time ago.

All contact only needs to be between his kids and him as they are adults. Obviously his will should be to whoever he wants it to be too even if he leaves it all equally to his kids that's okay but he needs to make it fair and equal

ILoveShula · 26/09/2021 19:15

The problem is your DP..
The psycho XW is a big red flag.
The not seeing his teenage DC is a big red flag
The doing repairs for his XW I can understand as they could be friends despite being separated/divorced, but what he's telling you doesn't add up - another red flag.
You've brought a child into the world with him and he doesn't seem that into you.

theleafandnotthetree · 26/09/2021 19:19

I am aghast that the ex thinks she has any right to an opinion/veto on your partners will, but perplexed that this would even be entertained as a topic of conversation between them. She sounds utterly ridiculous, him spineless and boundaries non existent. How on earth have you put up with this for so long?

Standrewsschool · 26/09/2021 19:19

Another one saying you have a dp problem. When she asks (demands) dp to go and feed the cats, fix problems etc, why does he oblige. They are divorced. Until he starts saying no, she will keep on demanding. Her adult children are old enough to feed the cat etc.

Aprilx · 26/09/2021 19:20

Now my problem is the ex

No it really isn’t. Your DP could have put a stop to a lot of this if he wanted to, so he doesn’t want to. He is also showing very little commitment to you and your daughter. I am at a loss now you think he is your partner when you have a child together and still live apart.

FreshFancyFrogglette · 26/09/2021 19:21

How anyone can think yabu is beyond me :s. Who the hell is she to say your dp shouldn't treat his children equally. She would do my head in, no advice unfortunately, as she's still the mother of two of his kids. At least they are adults, so contact with her should be bare minimum imo.

toocold54 · 26/09/2021 19:21

YANBU but if I was you I would just stay out of it.
Lots of ex’s are close and still see each other but if he is moaning about her wanting him to do things for her then it is up to him to tell her no.

Notimeforaname · 26/09/2021 19:23

He just sounds like he's 'not rocking the boat' for any of them and trying to keep them on his side...which I kind of understand,since he was stopped access to his girls before. That must have been horrible for him.

But the other side of that is you end up with a partner who wont live with you just to keep them/himself happy.

He needs to keep both the families he created,happy. He's not doing that.

It must be really difficult but something definitely has to change.

Has he ever talked about moving in or does he want to live separately forever?

ShaneTheThird · 26/09/2021 19:24

He is so spineless what do you see in him?

Atalune · 26/09/2021 19:25

DP is being a cunt.

You need to WAKE UP

Summerfun54321 · 26/09/2021 19:29

You have a 3 year old together, you aren’t married, he has his own place and he’s still in regular contact with his ex for absolutely no reason….hmmm. If his adult children don’t like seeing him at your place, they could just go out somewhere together. I can’t see the need for him to have his own place apart from having a break from you and your DC.

Getyourownback · 26/09/2021 19:30

Is he much older than you, OP?

Plumtree391 · 26/09/2021 19:32

It sounds to me as though the ex wants him back.

ManifestingJoy · 26/09/2021 19:40

Don't move in to house with him until you have SEEN his will with your own eyes.

To be honest, you could sit around blaming his x, but your real problem is that he is a dithering man who for whatever reason best known to himself doesn't want to upset his x. Why is that now?

Is it simply that he has no backbone at all?
Or is it that there are agreements between them that he is deep down happy with

I've come across that when I was dating. Never got serious with these men but there's a type, basically decent but a bit weak, and they have their nearly adult children with the wife they've known for thirty years and whatever ''romance'' you may be having she and they are his family

That's not good enough. Not if you're going to move in together and merge finances.

You cannot make him split his assets between three. Maybe she will tell him that he wouldn't have that much to leave if she hadn't supported his career and maybe she'd have an argument there. But basically you can't make him do anything.

Just observe whether or not he wants to pander to her, or be fair to you and your child.

Observe that.

Fallagain · 26/09/2021 19:41

@WandaVision2

You have a DP problem
A massive one.
Mamana127 · 26/09/2021 19:43

10 years older yes

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toobusytothink · 26/09/2021 19:44

My DP’s wife used to try this crap. But guess what? He stood up to her. She used the kids against him, so he went to court and got a child arrangement order. She tried to get him to do stuff at the house, but he told her no, she tries to dictate to him what job he should do (apparently current one doesn’t pay enough) and what he should be spending it on, but guess what? He told her it’s Nono of her business. He only communicates with her via email - WhatsApp solely for emergency things to do with kids, and he stands up to her. If he didn’t, we wouldn’t still be together. But YANBU to be pissed off ghat she is trying to tell him what to do re his will. But HE needs to tell her to butt out

Suitcaseseverywhere · 26/09/2021 19:44

Why don’t you live together?

You have a DP problem.

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