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Ex not willing to use co parenting app?

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fluffoo · 16/09/2025 00:01

Basically me and my ex absolutely hate each other.
I actively despise him with a passion.

The only thing we agree on is that any time we are in each other company it makes us both feel very depressed.

Today we had an appointment for DC and he arrived to pick us both up as my car is currently in the garage and he just had us sat outside my house in his car and all I said was “Shall we go as I don’t want to be late” and he replied infront of DC “Shup man”.

He then proceeded to open his windows and told me “Stop talking, I have opened the windows to stop you talking”.
He did this because he knows my neighbours Ringdoor captures my home and that she listens to our convos.

DC is 20 months old.
He regularly swears around DC despite me begging him not to.

Frequently he will talk disrespectfully to me in front of DC.

I didn’t really want to go down the formal co parenting route, neither of us did.

Ex comes to my house, have daily contact about DC on the phone (he is actually quite nice to me on the phone weirdly enough).

Whenever he comes round he will just moan about everything, complain about me, critisize me and is awful to be around and for my mental health.

I have told him that I no longer want him contacting me on WhatsApp and calling me so frequently and that I don’t want him coming into my home anymore.

He has now threatened to stop giving me money for DC if he had to use a co parenting app.

I really don’t know what to do as every time he visits I literally fall into a deep depression because of his verbal and emotional abuse, he is just so awful and nasty to me for no reason.

OP posts:
BestZebbie · 16/09/2025 00:23

Amicable coparenting only works if both parties can be amicable - he can't be civil, so he gets the consequence of his own behaviour.
The consequences are that
a) he doesn't get access to you anymore
b) he still has to pay for his children via his wages
c) he needs to use a co-parenting app to arrange his visitation

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