I divorced a few years ago from my son’s dad and he sees him regularly.
I’m feeling upset because my son seems to prefer spending time with his dad- always wants to call him when he is with me ( but never seems to call me when with his dad).
I think it’s possible that I’m just being a bit jealous, so try to contain it. But it breaks my heart because his dad aims to make co-parenting as difficult as possible. He refuses to pay any childcare, or after school activities and often makes things as difficult as possible. He does it to get at me, which is ridiculous because the main person who suffers is his own son.
He was also emotionally abusive to me ( and continues to be so). I worry that my son is being turned against me. Even if he isn’t doing this, it feels so unfair that my son prefers someone who has treated him so poorly.
Looking for other people’s experience of this- how do you deal with this?