I can't believe this has happened, because I genuinely just try to get on with everyone for an easy life. My son's dad got a new girlfriend almost a couple of years ago and it has been a disaster from the start. Ever since he started seeing her he began being difficult, from being easy going, often insinuating that I had a problem with something when I didn't. I went to the gate to pick them up as I wanted to say hello, and she didn't even come out. He had to ask her and when she did she wouldn't even look at me. So from that point on - I knew she had an issue with me. It only got worse from there. My son ended up staying at hers at the weekend instead of his house even though there wasn't room or a bed. He isn't allowed to charge his phone more than once a day and is limited to half an hour at the park (if he's "good) - he's 14! He usually isn't allowed upstairs to the bedroom either and has to sit in the living room all day. He has to get treated the same as her 8 year old or it's not "fair". He's not allowed any money from his dad unless her son gets it too. She doesn't let him do anything with him alone - it has ro be as a "family" so he gets no alone time with his dad anymore. He's not allowed in the kitchen to make anything and isn't allowed out with his friends unless they he asks over a month in advance. They even tried to stop him staying at his granny's house. She basically wants total control and his dad is a complete wet wipe so let's her throw her weight around for an easy life. Any attempts at talking to him fell on deaf ears and he wouldn't hear a bad word about her. He decided to permanently move in too - not telling the council or benefits office so they're claiming fraudulent benefits. She insists on sitting outside my house every week at drop off despite me telling him it made me uncomfortable. I was on the phone to him tonight and could hear her chiming in in the background and I absolutely lost it. I told her to stop sitting outside my house at drop off and called her some few choice words! I have never been so angry in all my life. To think he let's her treat my son so badly is rage inducing. His decision to move in was because "he can't let him dictate his life". His exact words. I couldn't believe it. It would be different if she treated him well but she's terrible. I stupidly mentioned that I had got them a VR for xmas and low and behold they got one for them too - only he's never seen it again. He's rarely even allowed on the ps5, maybe for 30 minutes. They just expect him to sit in the living room. He won't listen to me when I tell him he will end up not wanting to go. He already has cut the amount of time down. Not a word of a protest from his dad. I genuinely think she is glad. Anyway, my question is, how can I deal with this? He's allowing this awful individual to treat my son like garbage. She's as ugly on the inside as she is on the outside. I've never been so angry!