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Teenage daughter harassed by ex’s new girlfriend

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FCat · 07/09/2025 08:47

morning, looking for advice please. Midnight last night some random girl knocked on our door asking to speak to my daughter. Turns out my daughter’s ex boyfriend had driven her over to confront my daughter for phoning him. They split up last year but have unfortunately kept in touch here and there. Now it appears he has a new girlfriend. The relationship wasn’t ideal, my daughter was only 16 when they got together, usual story: didn’t like her friends, didn’t like her going out, accusing her or cheating, etc etc, eventually split up and ever since then he still keeps tabs on her through mutual acquaintances - still accuses her of dating others (not that it’s any of his business now), has turned up at her part time job to have a go at some lad he’s accused her of dating. When they split he screen shot her personal messages and sent them to friends, coworkers, etc. One time he also drove her around in his car at that time in the middle of the night, refusing to take her home, getting mates, a sibling etc to scream abuse at her down the phone. Until now we have let it slide, my daughter is leaving for uni in the next few days so we’d hoped this would be the end of it. However this morning, I am fuming and as you can imagine barely slept - I am torn between bashing on his door this morning (he lives with parents still) and giving him what for, or reporting last nights incident to the police. I am spitting at the midnight visit, made worse that the girlfriend knocked on the door whilst he loitered like a coward down the path. Or do I leave it as she leaves in a few days anyway, and my daughter doesn’t want me to make it worse? I’m not even sure if the police will be interested - it is all recorded on my cameras. But right now, doing nothing makes me feel useless

OP posts:
FCat · 07/09/2025 12:20

Thank you for everyone’s advise and comments. We have spoken to the police and my daughter has a video call with an officer this afternoon. So far they have been incredibly helpful and are taking it seriously

OP posts:
Coffeeishot · 07/09/2025 12:22

Fingers crossed it ends and your Dd gets support

CatHairEveryWhereNow · 07/09/2025 12:22

I think the reaction you'd get with police sadly depends on which force you have and who you get - but worth a conversation.

She needs to block him on everything - needs advice about what good relationship look like and abuse - frankly a lot of what you describe sounds like obvious abuse.

She needs to be extremely sparing with information in new city sadly with everyone so it doesn't get back to him. Any sign of trouble once there she need to get police and uni services involved.

CatHairEveryWhereNow · 07/09/2025 12:23

FCat · 07/09/2025 12:20

Thank you for everyone’s advise and comments. We have spoken to the police and my daughter has a video call with an officer this afternoon. So far they have been incredibly helpful and are taking it seriously

That's extremely postive - hopefully new start in new city and police support puts a line under all this for her.

Fountofwisdom · 07/09/2025 12:24

I’m sorry to say it but this man is a danger to your daughter. What he is doing is stalking and harassment and it is alarming that he is getting other people to collude with him.

i would strongly advise that your daughter blocks him on everything, never contacts him, and does not post anything on her SM about where she is going to university. Better still if she deletes her SM completely, because that is how he is keeping tabs on her.

Glad to hear that the police are taking it seriously.

FuzzyWolf · 07/09/2025 12:26

Sicario · 07/09/2025 09:13

I suggest you have a serious conversation with your daughter about boundaries and what a healthy relationship looks like.

She needs to block this oaf and any other non-friends from her contacts and social media.

Talk to her about personal autonomy - that nobody is the boss of her and that nobody tells her what she can and can't do.

Personally, I would be going and knocking on that door right now and making it clear that if he or his girlfriend ever make threats against your daughter again you will be reporting them to the police. Then report him anyway.

There is only one kind of language people like that understand.

Yes, agree to this.

Festivespirit85 · 07/09/2025 12:35

Report it to the police. He is harassing her and using others as pawns in his childish habit.

Ohmygodshesfashionroadkill · 07/09/2025 12:39

Report to 101 at the minimum, so that there is at least a record of this incident on file in case of a further escalation (I say further escalation as last night was a significant escalation). Just because your daughter is going to uni doesn't mean the harassment will end.

And I agree with PP that your daughter needs to block him and his friends on all SM and her phone and get some help setting boundaries. She's going to uni and sounds like she may be vulnerable to similar men (or indeed, the same ex) taking advantage of her when she has no family support to hand. Perhaps some online counseling that she can continue with when she's left home.

ThisPithyJoker · 07/09/2025 12:43

Some excellent advice on here. I just wanted to say that it's been enlightening ready some of the replies and hearing that you want to help. I was left to deal with a very similar situation as a teenager by myself. I would have loved my Mum's support in it. It was minimised hugely by my parents and I was largely blamed for it (for breaking up with him) and the idea of contacting the police didn't cross my mind. I just lived in terror until I moved away to uni. It's so lovely to hear there are so many supportive, thoughtful, loving parents out there

Netcurtainnelly · 07/09/2025 12:46

tripleginandtonic · 07/09/2025 10:37

This. Moving to uni and on with her life will help. I'm not sure going to the police will achieve much right now.

This.
Report if it dosent stop at Uni.
How silly are people doing all this.
Why do people go round looking for trouble.

Cantheowneroftheredcorsapleasemovetheircar · 07/09/2025 12:47

You need to take your daughters lead on this. If she's about to go to uni then she is 18 or about to be.
Advise her, be there to support her, but ultimately what she chooses to do is her decision.

beAsensible1 · 07/09/2025 12:50

so this abusive man has been bullying an controlling your daughter for 2 years.

him sharing her private messages should’ve been a call to the police. Driving past your house should’ve been the police. Turning up at work should’ve been the police

stop letting him get away with stalking and harassment.

now he’s got a new victim to do his dirty work. Why hasn’t your daughter blocked him ffs?

MyDeftHedgehog · 07/09/2025 12:54

She needs to stop communicating with with him. That's the first step.
Next you and your DH ( If u have one) go round to his parents and tell them it stops now. If that doesn't work report to the police.
If that has no effect then it's time to round up older brothers/male cousins/male friends to "have a word" with him x

Fluffypotatoe123987 · 07/09/2025 13:00

So what happened after.

She knocked at the door asking for her. What did she do say what did he say what did your daughter do. Massive cliff hanger here. Hope your daughter is ok and he doesnt know which uni she is going to!!!!

Blueblell · 07/09/2025 13:02

It depends how old he is? I would be tempted to knock on his parents door and tell him he is not to come to your house again at midnight. However it might inflame things.

Agapornis · 07/09/2025 13:06

Is there evidence of sharing the private messages? If it was revenge porn you should tell the police, especially if she was a minor at the time of the photos.

Might be worth getting her to change her number/socials.

AnSolas · 07/09/2025 13:09

FCat · 07/09/2025 08:47

morning, looking for advice please. Midnight last night some random girl knocked on our door asking to speak to my daughter. Turns out my daughter’s ex boyfriend had driven her over to confront my daughter for phoning him. They split up last year but have unfortunately kept in touch here and there. Now it appears he has a new girlfriend. The relationship wasn’t ideal, my daughter was only 16 when they got together, usual story: didn’t like her friends, didn’t like her going out, accusing her or cheating, etc etc, eventually split up and ever since then he still keeps tabs on her through mutual acquaintances - still accuses her of dating others (not that it’s any of his business now), has turned up at her part time job to have a go at some lad he’s accused her of dating. When they split he screen shot her personal messages and sent them to friends, coworkers, etc. One time he also drove her around in his car at that time in the middle of the night, refusing to take her home, getting mates, a sibling etc to scream abuse at her down the phone. Until now we have let it slide, my daughter is leaving for uni in the next few days so we’d hoped this would be the end of it. However this morning, I am fuming and as you can imagine barely slept - I am torn between bashing on his door this morning (he lives with parents still) and giving him what for, or reporting last nights incident to the police. I am spitting at the midnight visit, made worse that the girlfriend knocked on the door whilst he loitered like a coward down the path. Or do I leave it as she leaves in a few days anyway, and my daughter doesn’t want me to make it worse? I’m not even sure if the police will be interested - it is all recorded on my cameras. But right now, doing nothing makes me feel useless

FCat
morning, looking for advice please.

Call the police.

https://www.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/beta-stalking-and-harassment/what-is-stalking-harassment/

You need to teach your child not to engage with abusive ex partners and to teach her to recognise abuse and to reject it.

She needs to send one message to inform him to stop contacting her and that she is blocking him.
Then she needs to block his direct access and remove any of his friends who have access to her SM.
You can help by getting the police involved and following their advice and contacting other hepllines of you are not happy with the police advise https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help#get-help-and-support

Midnight last night some random girl knocked on our door asking to speak to my daughter.

Not random a girl minipulated by someone who is dangerous.

Turns out my daughter’s ex boyfriend had driven her over to confront my daughter for phoning him.

Your child is still in contact with a dangerous abusive man.
Why are you and all your wider family and friends not teaching her that abusive men are a waste of time?

They split up last year but have unfortunately kept in touch here and there.

Why is she still in contact?
What have your family been saying or doing that DD thinks contacting him is a reasonable idea.
Was she contacting him or being prompted into replying to something he said or did?

Now it appears he has a new girlfriend.

A girl who has been minipulated into going to a strangers house late at night. She having no idea of who else was there or how they may react to her actions was driven there by him while he watched the drama in the background.

The relationship wasn’t ideal, my daughter was only 16 when they got together, usual story: didn’t like her friends, didn’t like her going out, accusing her or cheating, etc etc,

Classic tick list to ID a control by an abusive partner

eventually split up and ever since then he still keeps tabs on her through mutual acquaintances

Stalking via spying

- still accuses her of dating others (not that it’s any of his business now),

Harassment of her personal relationships

has turned up at her part time job to have a go at some lad he’s accused her of dating.

Stalking her at a known location
Harassment of her by disrupting employment
Threatening and harassment of others

When they split he screen shot her personal messages and sent them to friends, coworkers, etc.

Sorry but why o why have you not explained that this is an unforgivable abusive act of a nutjob?

One time he also drove her around in his car at that time in the middle of the night, refusing to take her home,

After they broke up and she knew he sent the messages she got in a car with him?
He then held her captive for a period of time
And you knew and did not think to report this to the police?

getting mates, a sibling etc to scream abuse at her down the phone.

His sibling and mates are scum supporting and participating in abuse and your daughter still contacts him?
Why?

Why did you not say he is a dangerous nutjob?
That your daughter should not accept being kidnapped is a normal thing to happen?

Why were you not bringing her down to the police station and filing charges?

Until now we have let it slide,

You should not have let it slide you need to get a court enforceable order to prevent him turning up or getting others to turn up with him or on his behalf

https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence

I leave it as she leaves in a few days anyway, and my daughter doesn’t want me to make it worse?

What is worse?
Battered?
Raped?
Murdered?

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5403475-latest-femicide-census-published

Your child is going off to Uni but has not learned skills she will need to protect herself.

MN has lots of threads of women supporting and educating women who are being abused check the relationship section for help on how to teach your child about cutting abusive people from her life.

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AnSolas · 07/09/2025 13:11

Blueblell · 07/09/2025 13:02

It depends how old he is? I would be tempted to knock on his parents door and tell him he is not to come to your house again at midnight. However it might inflame things.

He is driving and using his car to kidnap so old enough to have the police call around and have a word.

Flakey99 · 07/09/2025 13:12

Firstly, she needs to block him on everything and have nothing more to do with him ever again.

Secondly, I’d be straight round to his parents and tell them what their shit son has been up to and if it doesn’t stop, I’ll be reporting him to the police and point out that he could well end up with a criminal record.

I’d also report him to the Police anyway for his ongoing harassment of your daughter.

BlueandPinkSwan · 07/09/2025 13:12

Thank goodness the police are involved, the little cowardly shit needs a wake up call that he can't harass your d and then get his gf involved.

Nestingbirds · 07/09/2025 13:14

Your dd has been in a coercive relationship, and before she starts another relationship you will need to talk this through with her. Why was he allowed to control her going out etc even back then? I am certainly not blaming you but your dd does need to know what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like.

This is the perfect opportunity so run with it. Explain red flags and when to leave a relationship.

This has escalated because nothing has been done to stop him before now.

The other girl is irrelevant, she is his next victim and needs to be treated as such. I would put in a call to his parents, explain what has happened and he will be prosecuted the next time it haopens. Do so in a non confrontational way, with a tone of wanting them to know so they can step in if they want to.

BlueandPinkSwan · 07/09/2025 13:15

AnSolas · 07/09/2025 13:11

He is driving and using his car to kidnap so old enough to have the police call around and have a word.

He abducted her not kidnapped, that involves demands for money.
Not that matters either way, he's still moron.to have done anything of the sort.

Swiftie1878 · 07/09/2025 13:15

FCat · 07/09/2025 12:20

Thank you for everyone’s advise and comments. We have spoken to the police and my daughter has a video call with an officer this afternoon. So far they have been incredibly helpful and are taking it seriously

Pleased to hear this. He is stalking her and harrassing her.
I understand what you are dating about his new girlfriend spoiling for a fight, but honestly fear she may be a victim of his control and manipulation too. ☹️

Letsgoroundagainnow · 07/09/2025 13:18

FCat · 07/09/2025 12:20

Thank you for everyone’s advise and comments. We have spoken to the police and my daughter has a video call with an officer this afternoon. So far they have been incredibly helpful and are taking it seriously

That’s good news. I hope your DD is ok.

Onthebusses · 07/09/2025 13:24

This could turn very nasty very quickly. Those people are unhinged. Don't second guess them.

Get a non-molestation order for your daughter and have him arrested if he shows up near you again. Communicate that one will be filed for his girlfriend also if this does not cease.

Do not entertain this set up for a moment longer.