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mummytwoone · 21/10/2013 23:54

Hi everyone me and my ex have been split for 3 years now and our son sees his father every other weekend i still provide clothes for him which often don't return meaning i have to go out and buy new ones all the time. my son still sleeps on a small child blow up bed which he says he gets cold (iv spoken to ex about this but nothings changed). When ever i ask my son what hes done with his dad he says watch telly or nothing. when i spoke to my ex the other day about taking him out he said he just couldn't afford to i kinda thought ok with a new misses and another baby on the way things were tight but then i found out hes brought his gf a car a horse and a new laptop and baby designer clothes. i just feel so upset for my son i just feel he deserves more my ex pays me support with csa and says i should be grateful its not about the money tho. i just want my ex to provide my child with a bed and love. My ex has told me hes not having him over Xmas next year as his gf wants it just to be her him and baby which makes me so cross that my ex is ok with that. my son doesn't receive calls or anything from his dad when its not his weekend its like out of sight out of mind and then he strolls up saying im his dad iv have got a new partner which my son adores and has started calling step dad which my ex hates and has told him hes not allowed to call him that. i just feel stuck i now how important it is for my son to see his dad yet at the same time his dad dont deserve to iv been so patient with him changing when he sees him yet he throws it back in my face and then dont want to no even when hes got him. He has the same rights as me i just had enough of him treating my son this way i need this to end.

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warmleatherette · 22/10/2013 05:37

Your poor son. It must be horrible for him. My ex is similar, though he comes here with the kids while I vacate the flat. He never takes them anywhere, just shoves them in front of a dvd and falls asleep himself because he's always hungover. Does your son really need to see his dad so often? Sometimes I wonder whether a crap unloving dad is worse than no dad at all.

cls77 · 22/10/2013 23:34

My ex is the same too, separated a year ago after 15years our DD is 11 and he had a new gf within 6 months with 2DC's. DD's words last time were "he spends all his time with her kids and I see him once a fortnight to sit downstairs whilst he's led on the bed upstairs" She doesn't think she'll see him much anymore. Ridiculous how they think this is "normal parenting"!!
Wankers!!!

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