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AIBU?

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To think friend is being unreasonable?

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Roxietrees · 05/05/2025 23:11

A friend of mine has been separated from her husband & father of her kids for 2 yrs. Kids are 3 & 5. They did ivf in order to conceive both times as her ex was infertile so they ended up having to use donor sperm. I think they always planned to be open about it with the kids but haven’t yet as they’re still v. young. Donor was anonymous (to friend & ex). They’ve shared custody pretty evenly for the last 2 years but the other day my friend says she’s sick of her ex causing problems and being difficult and wants to try and get full custody of the kids - her reasoning is they’re not biologically his anyway so they belong with their biological parent. They’re both on the birth certificate. AIBU to think this is pretty unreasonable of her and cruel to her ex? Pretty sure he sees himself as their father and he’s been there for them since the day they were born. He’s a good dad as far as I know, although he does make life difficult for my friend..but that shouldn’t be a reason to try and take his kids away should it?

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justkeepswimingswiming · 07/05/2025 07:35

She’s insanely cruel, not thinking of her kids at all here. Imagine how messed up they’ll be having their dad removed from their life’s. Vile.

JoyousEagle · 07/05/2025 07:44

Forget how horrible this is to the ex (and I think it’s really horrible), it’s fucking awful to the children. “Sorry kids, I know you’ve known him since birth, but he wasn’t your real dad, so now you’ll never see him again”.
I’d honestly struggle to be friends with someone who could be so cruel to their children, simply because they cba to co-parent.

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