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AIBU?

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To think that a spare £100 should be spent on you kids

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CrossCrossityPatch · 30/06/2010 14:07

rather than a big night out of the piss.

Bit of Background. Is my ex I am talking about. He "won" some money this week and went out with it on a big night out.

Arrived this morning to see dc and then asked me to lend him some cash so he could do something special with them. I said "NO!" as I knew he had had this money, turned out he spent it within 24 hours of winning it. He then told me that he wouldn't allow me to turn this into a big drama and make this situation All About ME! etc etc etc.

AIBU to think that if he wanted to give his kids a treat he probably should have kept hold of some of this money to do so instead of asking me? I am a single parent for crying out loud and yes he does pay child support but why the hell should I be lending him money, every month he comes to me when he runs short before pay day.

I am absolutely raging, I can't even be coherant when he tries to explain to me that I am the one who is being unreasonable. Help me come up with some calm, measured response to let him know what a prick he is. He always turns it around and trys to make out I am being selfish or dramatic.

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tortoiseonthehalfshell · 01/07/2010 12:52

Right, but he pays back one month before borrowing the next, so you're not worse off if you refuse to lend the next, surely?

As for child support - is CSA involved? Or is it a private arrangement?

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