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AIBU stopping ex's access to dcs

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sallowgame · 09/07/2009 00:48

My ex has previously been having dcs at weekends.
He has now changed to being self employed and wants to decide access on a week-by-week basis depending on which days are most suitable for him.
This is unworkable for me, in that the dcs need stability and routine (after a horrible year of him being very unreliable and hardly seeing them). They also need to have their extra curricular classes arranged, which he refuses to help out out with and I think (in fact am sure) he would not take them. I would have to give him my important dates in advance (appointments etc) in the hope that he would take this into consideration and could not plan certain things in advance.
I would also have to deal with him to make the arrangements and can imagine the resulting rows when I disagreed with the offered dates.

AIBU to say that he must now go and arrange access formally? I think this ad hoc arrangement would not be approved in court?

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titchy · 09/07/2009 11:35

Suggest he has them one of the weekend days then, and works on the other.

VinegarTits · 09/07/2009 11:39

Sallowgame he sounds just like my ex so i feel for you, how about he has them every other weekend instead of every weekend, that way him and his partner can share weekend work, he does all the work one weekend, his partner the next, and he has the dc on the weekend he is working, for the whole weekend, fri - sun

VinegarTits · 09/07/2009 11:41

sorry i meant he has the dc on the weekend he is not working

Sounds fair to me, tbh its sounds like he just wants to play it by ear, and only have the dc if he has a sapre day/nothing else to do, this is not fair on your dc, if he is starting up a business fair enough, but he should work it around the dc, not the other way around

dittany · 09/07/2009 13:38

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VinegarTits · 09/07/2009 14:11

my ex used to have ds every weekend for 1 night, either fri-sat or sat-sun, we decided to swap to every other weekend as he said he wanted more quality time and the weekend always seemed so rushed, and i do admit, it works out much better for both of us

Dittanys letter is a good idea, or even an email (make sure you keep copies) but i would suggest every 2 weeks to him and see what he says

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