For those single how often does ur ex see there kids?

Recently split & my ex just seems to be happy doing the bare minimum he picks our daughter up once a week for over night & thats it..i do 6 days he does 1. He works full time & lives 25 minutes away but i dont feel thats an exuse to not bother seeing her at all in the week. He has a car..the evenings are light till 9pm her bedtime i cant wrap my head around why he doesnt pick her up 1 evening take her to the park or out for dinner..1 evening midweek & 1 day at the weekends..i dont think thats asking much?! He gets to go home from work at 5pm shut the door and chill all evening 6 nights at week,have a uninterupted shower,eat dinner ect. I'm up till gone 10pm every night 6 days a week sorting the kids and doing the washing ect .its onesided & unfair..i work at the weekends too & get the odd shitty comment he has to "work around me" when i stipulate which day he has her so i can work..if it wasnt for me he wouldnt even have a job cos i look after the kids..so sick of the 1950's attitude.
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My older 2 children, their dad has them 3 nights per week I’m aware I’m very lucky with this he’s a fantastic dad and understands we both work and both should arrange childcare equally. My youngest dad sees her twice a week Wednesday evening after work so maybe like 5 till she’s goes bed and then Sunday for a few hours, doesn’t do overnight

@Charlotte this is all i'm asking he see's her once midweek & once at the weekend..its like he just wants to put in minimal effort,he's clearly cool with only seeing her once a week..just boggles my brain makes me angry

Seen him half hour in the last 2 weeks

My little ones 18m and his dad has seen him for 30 minutes when he was a few weeks old. He says he wants ti see him but nothing ever comes from it

So my oldest is almost 17 so he goes to his dads whenever. My 3 year olds dad has him stay over 2 nights a week

Mine has the two babies every other Sunday and refuses over night

1 overnight per month on average, As shitty as your situation is i'd take it!

Unless he is paying you and financially supporting you/his daughter quite a bit that’s unacceptable. I was like this before my kids father decided he didn’t want to pay child support anymore and wanted to get some sort of shared arrangement going and I was so for it because I knew exactly what was going to happen which was force him to take responsibility of his children too and figure shit out on his own. Instead of me struggling and having to pay for before/after school care and daycare just so I could work. Took him some time to get used to it and even asked me how I had done it once because he realized it was actually really hard. Now we have split custody and have alternated schedules as needed over time. He has the kids Wednesday evening (picking up from school 4pm) until Saturday 4pm and every other weekend Wed-Sun. So we alternate that extra day in the week. We each provide for the kids when they are with us and we share costs like sports or extracurricular activities.

If he can’t take care of her during the week then he needs to help pay for childcare or give you the money so you don’t have to have another job just to get by. And if he’s off on weekends then have that be “his time” with his daughter and he gets to figure it out for the weekend and be a father at the very least because currently he is living his best life not worrying about a thing or taking responsibility for his child. It’s possible to have a verbal arrangement but I’d definitely get it on text or email because he can amicably agree to something or the court can do it for him and he can be responsible for those fees. Good luck!

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