To be pissed off with Ex-p?

[hatesponge]

Feel - and probably look - like this

DS2 is playing in a football tournament today. Have just phoned his father to find out what time they would be collecting me (its about 6 miles from where I live, & I dont drive) for DS1 to tell me that they can't give me a lift as they are now taking another boy in the team and his parents (Ex has a 6 seater car). Ex wouldn't speak to me - he always make DS1 do the talking when there's an issue as he knows I won't shout at him!

I could throttle the man right now - I now won't get to see DS2 play, which I was really looking forward to, and no doubt a the other parents will be talking about me as the mum who can't be bothered to support her son at football. Great

Can't you get a taxi?

YANBU

get a bus or a taxi if you can,

and speak to your ex after the match

did he know that he was supposed to be taking you?

and for you.

has ExP done this deliberately to spite you? I mean, is it typical behaviour?

I would say if there is nothing you can do about it, try to put your anger on one side so it doesn't spoil your whole day, and make the most of a few hours off and sit in the garden in the sunshine so that when DS gets back you are all relaxed and ready to hear all about it!

Hopefully a stray ball will get ExP right in the knackers as he watches

There are no buses that go anywhere near - it's right out in the middle of nowhere (well what counts as middle of nowhere to a townie like me!)

I thought of a taxi but I don't have enough cash on me (local cashpoint broken, but thats another story....) so I'd be relying on getting there & then borrowing the money off him, assuming he has enough - I was thinking of cycling but my limit is normaly about 4 miles so this would probably kill me off

He did know he was meant to be taking me. However I suspect making himself look like a nice person to the parents of the other boys in the team is more important to him than me actually seeing DS2 play.

What a twat, I hope your DS is not too upset mum is not there

bike?

Are there any other parents of other team members near evough to say you've had and energency with tranport and could they give you a lift?

Could you not cycle to the nearest cashpoint then cycle back home and call a taxi?

He sounds a right twat tbh

what a twunt

you need a big conversation after the match

also, i would get the phone numbers of other parents and get a rota or find out who goes to footie from near you , so you don;t miss out in future.

he so is all of the above descriptions. This all just serves to remind me why he is my ex...tosser.

I don't really know any of the other parents (apart from the ones he is giving a lift to, and another family who have 5 kids so their car is definitely already full!) - have decided that I won't go as am likely to get into huge row with Ex which is not fair on DSs. And DS2 does have a few other tournaments etc over the rest of the summer (which I will definitely make my own transport arrangements to get to!) So have text him to say I expect boys back here 30 mins after tournament ends, in the meantime am going to mow the lawn & do al my other jobs so can have a nice time sitting out in the garden with the boys when they get back hearing all about it.

he is still a tosser though.

Yes he probably is a tosser.

But don't let yourself be put in that position again, make sure that you never again ask for a lift and get their under your own steam

That way he cant stop you going to the match.