Does my ex sound reasonable to you?

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My ex gave me some money a few years ago for my kids. He then demanded it back and without going into details of what a nasty piece of work he is I decided to say no. He is now taking me to small claims court claiming it was a loan. Has anyone else encountered a man so low that he takes back money from his children?

Or maybe people think I should just give it back... I actually don't think he expects to win in court cos I have the emails from when he gave it to me and was very clearly not a loan... Think he just wants to harrass and stress me.
The real thing I want to try to understand is how this and everything else he does seems reasonable to his new partner. Anyone else think this sounds like a reasonable way to treat mother of your child?

Btw at the time he gave me this money he was not paying child maintenance and hadn't done so for many years. I finally claimed for CM via CMS last year but he is now refusing pay that too.

Hey hun if u have the proof that he clearly was giving it to u I wouldn't stress it, court can often just be an empty threat. His new partner probably doesn't know the truth or just knows his idea of what the truth is. Don't worry about the partner. I know it can be stressful but if he is manipulative or a bit nasty he probably likes to just think he is stressing you out. X

Have you already posted about this?

Sorry thanks for reply - yes I posted here first and then I thought it was more suitable to be a AIBU post so ppl have responded to me on there.

I'm no expert but unless there is proof of an agreement that you'd pay it back, I can't see him getting anywhere

I would say based on my experience of watching Judgr Rinder 😳 there was no contract no intention to create legal agreement so no case. Let him waste his money on the small claims and watch him squirm with your emails