'Entitled cheating ex wants me to buy birthday present for his daughter'
Having an ex-partner still in your life can be very difficult, especially when there are children involved. While most people try to remain civil for the sake of the kids as they attempt to co-parent, sometimes it can be easier said than done.
One woman has revealed how she’s been left confused after the father of her daughter demanded she purchase a present for his other child, whom he conceived while still in a relationship with her.
Taking to social media to share the story and ask for advice, she wrote: “My ex cheated on me for most of our relationship. I found out during my pregnancy with our daughter that he had the other girl pregnant too. My daughter was a June baby and theirs was an October baby. They also got married that following February.”
The woman admitted that things between the three adults were incredibly strained, with her ex’s wife even suggesting that her daughter lives with her dad and his “new” family in order for the girls to grow up together as “real sisters”.
Due to the tension, the woman explained that she and her ex mainly communicated through an app as that had been deemed by the court the most practical and safe way. Unsurprisingly, the difficult relationship between the mum, her ex, and his wife had influenced the children, who are now both teenagers, with the two girls not really getting on.
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Going into detail about why the birthday present situation had come up, the woman said that her ex and his wife had been in some financial trouble over the last six months. She went on: “For my daughter's birthday she got a card and a gift voucher and my ex told her in advance he wouldn't be able to get her much.
“I was able to get her a present as normal though. I splurged a little this year and got her a gaming laptop. She was so happy. My ex became aware of this when my daughter spent a bit of time with her grandparents and she asked them if she could bring the laptop to their house. Ex asked her about it and she told him I bought it as her birthday gift.
“Now, my ex's daughter's birthday is a couple of weeks away and he wants me to buy her a gift, something I have never done before. He said the money situation is still tight and he doesn't want her to get nothing. I told him I would not be buying her a gift and he blew up the app and my phone saying I should be doing this so his daughter isn't left with a lackluster birthday. He said I had never done anything to help the dynamic with the girls and never cared about the pain he and his wife were in and this was one thing I could do.”
The complex Reddit post was quickly inundated with comments from people incredulous over how the woman’s entitled ex could behave in such a way. One person wrote: “Your ex is delusional if he thinks seriously his daughter is somehow your responsibility. I would advise your daughter to keep her gaming laptop at your home because I can already see the drama coming when her father will force her to keep it at their place so his daughter can play with it whenever she wants or worse try to gift it to his daughter.”
Another person agreed, adding: “Your ex is simultaneously stunningly entitled and delusional. Please ignore him.” Someone else advised: “She’s getting to the age where courts will listen to her if she says she doesn’t want to spend time at her dad’s anymore, it might be worth asking her if she’d like to revisit the custody arrangement.”
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