Weird and wonderful things said by ex's

[LRB978]

Okay, a bit light-hearted. I know my ex says some fantastic things, wondered what others have said. Some of xps gems are:

If you dress ds in pink you will turn him gay. (Don't ask about the pink, you really don't want to know)

If you let ds go without pants his bits will get cold. (Duh. If ds wants to go commando on a weekend then that is up to him IMO)

Implied at the same time - If DS goes commando he will be a target for paedophiles (no comment)

If I had money you know I would give it to you. (Ok, I think most non-paying nrp use this, but - you can afford to drink, smoke, go out at least once most weeks, buy yourself reasonable expensive electrical products etc etc, of course you have no money)

Just a few. Sure I will think of more. What gems have other ex's come up with?

Of course you can have reasonable access, why would I use our child as a tool to manipulate you and your family?

DD isn't sleeping well and needs to be home early and in bed so she can get a good nights sleep, drop her off at my mums and I will pick her up from there at 10pm.

I don't see why you need to see DD at xmas.

((hugs)) pumpkinbumpkin

Me trying to sort out Christmas, asking for more than 2 weeks notice this year:

xp (shopworker): I won't know what I am working at Christmas until that week, so I can't tell you when I am going to be able to see ds

Me: Well why dont you have him Christmas Day then?

xp: But I need to go down and see my other kids as well. Although I don't know how I am going to get there as there is no transport.

Oh, and another one:

xp: You moved house just to spite me and make it more difficult to see ds.

I was a 10 minute walk from him, but even now I can walk ds (6) to his in just over an hour. And we are on a direct bus route as well.

xp: do you still want me out of ds's life>

weeks after telling me he werent going to see ds

`But he sees his son!'

• after asking why she was restricting contact to 1 hour in a week, in a supermarket cafe with her parents `supervising'.

`I won't stop you seeing your son.'

• currently 2 years, several thousand pounds down the line, 300 miles from where we started and 6 court hearings later.

No, because I'm moving 300 miles away and it wouldn't be practical at one hearing and No' at the next.

• the first being the hearing when she dropped her bombshell on me...and second where she learnt I had moved within 50 miles of where she had taken my son too when trying to arrange midweek contact.

I'm still trying very hard to trust her for our son's sake, but it can be very hard!

'i think ( my gf thinks, oh and her mum who IS a nurse)that dd has adhd, because she doesn't sleep well, and 3 is far too young to be so attached to that cuddly toy'

said 3 months after walking out on us.

'you should have got over this by now' again at the 3 month bit, relating to me missing him, after 10 yrs together.

'how can i respect you if i don't love you'

'i don't think i should have been a father'

'she's got to learn to fit in'

'yes my gf is more important than piratekitten'

' i would give you money if i had any'

'fuck of you bitch'

'if you carry on being mean to me i will be forced never to see dd again'

etc...

i'm not bitter

'i'd come back if it wasnt for the kids'...

"You chose for him to live with you so the parenting bit is not my problem".

"I am not going to pay you a penny because you enjoy having the children, not me"

"One day, it'll just be me and you, no police, no community to protect you..."

"I could bury you alive and leave you to die"

"I will take them [the children] to XXXXX [his country] and you will never see them again"

"when YOU called the police and put me in prison......"

"I don't give a fuck about the [social services] and I will email and tell them so"

"Your mum is a slag, she slept with everybody when she was at university"

"You say I hit you, but I didn't hit you"

"Is it reasonable that I only saw my children for 3 hours this summer?"

oh sorry, I forgot "I am not prepared to come to [our home town] to pick the children up, you will have to bring them to France and collect them"

nighbynight, i'm sorry you've had to deal with such disrespect and awful threats.

My ex said, as we first split....
You are not allowed a boyfriend
No, I won't give you money. I know you will give the kids what they need and put them first.
Why are you so annoyed that I shimmied up the drain pipe and fell asleep on your bed????
It is simply a coincidence that I am everywhere you are...especially at night.
The best ever?... I have met someone else and we are getting married. thank fuck err congratulations I said, and I exhaled.

Yes of course I've rung the csa/handed a housing application in/got my wage slips to prove I'm paying the csa/started looking for suitable accommodation/bought the kids a Christmas present/got them dressed today/taken them out recently/spoken to my mother about the appalling way she speaks to ds1.

oh and more recently....

"I was scared to meet our dd" (so you should be after denying her existence up unil now)..."but I was more scared to see you again...there's something about you that gets to me every time"...

Idiot.

"You do realise that you would either get weirdos or men who would pretend to take an interest in you & the kids, just to shag you" (said just before we separated) Proved him wrong by meeting my lovely DP of nearly 15 months now, just after I moved into my own house!

that just reminds me of another one
"any man you married would sleep with dd1"

"I won't be an unpaid babysitter so you can go out whoring"

and he never saw those children for nearly 12 years after that comment.. first time he ever kept his word

they are soooo repetitive aren't they...

"your mum goes out on Friday afternoons drinking and fucking around"

Er, no, I am in my office WORKING actually!!

"You will end up bitter, lonely and angry if you dont stay with me"

"I think hitting you has been blown out of all proportion" to my ds aged 12 when ds said that this was his reason for never seeing him again.

"why did you involve the police when I just shoved you about?"

"you have turned them against me I hope you are happy" two weeks later
" I realise now you were just trying to protect the kids not to get at me".

two weeks later

" I have overpaid the CSA" errrm in three years that makes a contribution of 3,000k when you earn £1k per week!

"I only wanted my things" after breaking into the house.

"You dont need a police alarm you are over reacting".

After reading him the court report on his behaviour because he couldn't understand why the kids were frightened of him stating that he should potentially face criminal prosecution " but it does say if proved and why do the kids believe this to be true"? well because they made the allegations you wally!

Oh this could go on for ever though and sometimes re hashing makes things worse.

Sorry meant 3k it was wishful thinking 3,000 LOL

If you come back to me I'll buy you a big house with a garden. And we can go on loads of holidays to wherever you want.

and ever since i said no... "i cant afford to give you any money for DS"

he's down to about his last few hundred thousand !

ruby!

That was funny!

Lostdad it makes me sad when I hear women doing the same things. I know they do but it is so stressful for us all and frankly I would hope that women behaved better in general.

Nighbynight, he says that to the kids?!!!

exp - No No I dont think I got that letter ur no I didn't receive that letter

barrister - Mr Sillyex you responded to the letter