'She will never be able to replace me': Man Leaves Wife for Mistress and Reveals 'New Mom' to Kids Without Wife’s Consent

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    My children learned of the affair before me. Liam took Jean to meet the kids outside of school and he tried to tell them she was going to be their new mom and he asked the kids to tell me they wanted to live with him and Jean. That morning the kids left a home they thought was happy and safe with mom and dad and by the time school was out
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    AITA for letting my ex and his wife make fools out of themselves in court?
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    I (33f) have two children (11m and 9f) with my ex Liam (35m). 2 years ago he turned our world upside down by revealing his affair in the messiest way possible (more on that in a sec) and declaring he wanted to get married to his affair partner Jean (37f). This led to me filing for the divorce.
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    My children learned of the affair before me. Liam took Jean to meet the kids outside of school and he tried to tell them she was going to be their new mom and he asked the kids to tell me they wanted to live with him and Jean. That morning the kids left a home they thought was happy and safe with mom and dad and by the time school was out
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    dad showed up with a strange lady and admitted he'd been cheating (even if indirectly) and they were getting a new family. I got a call from the school because the kids were distraught and Iran back to their teacher after Liam pulled this stunt. Liam attempted to win sole custody of the kids during our divorce and he
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    declared his intention for Jean to adopt them. This was not well received by the courts and it did lead to some parts of our divorce being drawn out due to the fact he claimed that made him eligible for everything accumulated during the marriage despite me working for everything too. So he is known and has made an a of himself in court before.
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    Liam married Jean right after our divorce was finalized. In the time that has followed since the divorce, and even since Liam revealed his affair, there has been a source of added conflict. When we were together we involved the kids in celebrating and planning for each birthday. Including ours. It became a
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    sweet little tradition where the kids "helped" me cook for his and he brought the kids to pick up my favorite takeout. We helped them shop for the birthday gift as well. He expected this to continue after the divorce and for Jean to be included. My brother took over helping the kids because they asked him to. But the kids don't do it for him or Jean. Liam
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    claims I should be helping them do it or I should make my brother help them do it for him and Jean. He claims this is parental alienation; my refusal to continue this tradition for him and Jean or to get my brother to do it in. my place. So he filed a motion with the courts and we had a court date recently where he was spewing all this nonsense.
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    He made this claim that we had promised to continue this for each other and how he held up his end until I refused, etc. And how it was my wish to negatively influence his and Jean's relationship with the kids. I let him do his ranting and raving and then showed documented proof that he was lying (texts and emails exchanged about this very topic). Jean was also part of these
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    rantings. They were p ed and so was my former MIL after the judge dismissed the allegations and both were scolded for foolishness. Former MIL said I could have cut everyone's time down and saved their humiliation by just showing n messages earlier (to quote. the d her). AITA?
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    Ok-Status-9627. 4 hr. ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [42] NTA. I would have thought a judge would have had to listen to the appellant's full claim, and I can't imagine the judge would have looked too kindly on you interrupting.
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    Former MIL could have cut down everyone's time by raising her son to be honest, but hey, nothing can be done about that now. I do wonder though, if your ex is so wanting the kids to have
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    help preparing for his birthday and for Jean's, why doesn't Jean help them for his birthday and he help them for hers? Because expecting you/your brother to do it is just..lol.
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    Consistent Photo6524 OP. 4 hr. ago He expects it from me/my brother because the kids' relationship with him has suffered since the big reveal he did and they do not like Jean at all. So anything they do with them. is not as willing and they
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    don't want to do the celebration. Hence him trying to rope me in so they would be more willing, which honestly I don't think they would be.
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    haibberr 4 hr. ago Partassipant [1] LMFAOOO what was he hoping to accomplish with randomly ambushing his children at school and dropping a random stranger they've never met before on them and being like "Look, kids! This is mom now." Of
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    course the kids are gonna avoid him and Jean like the plague. Trying to force them to celebrate him and Jean is insult to injury and quite frankly delusional.
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    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Ex-MIL can gtfo with that nonsense. They would have just antagonized you further if you kept it private. NTA.
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    JolyonFolkett • 3 hr. ago Liam watched too many Australian soap opera's as a kid. Like in Home and Away where they suddenly changed the actor of a main character without any explanation and we were all like "who's that strange
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    woman making the kids breakfast and kissing Pippa's husband? " then he kept calling her Pippa and we figured it out by the time the credits rolled.
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    MrsPomMummy 4 hr. ago NTA • Your ex is an idiot. You did absolutely nothing wrong and it was beautiful that you let your ex humiliate himself in that way. He knew the messages existed, his fault alone for wasting everyone's time.
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    Continue exactly the way you have. Your MIL is only angry at herself, because she just realized that her son is a moron and that you will do absolutely nothing to hide that for him.
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    blubabycakes • 3 hr. ago has it occurred to your ex that he can help the kids on Jean's birthday and Jean can help on his birthday? i'm guessing the real problem is that the kids don't want to and they are shocked pikachu that the world doesn't revolve around them. NTA and that scene in court must have been glorious :D
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    Consistent Photo6524 OP. 3 hr. ago That's basically it. He's shocked be destroyed his relationship with our kids and is equally, if not more shocked, that the kids have not fallen madly for Jean as mommy 2.0.
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    blubabycakes · 3 hr. ago they made all their perfect family plans forgetting that the kids are not NPCs, but actual people with thoughts and opinions Imao. love to see it
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    Educational-Fun9239 4 hr. ago NTA - it continues to build your case here. Let him continue to make a fool of himself and show you are the better and trusted parent. Edit to add: just realized it was the former MIL that called you the A... just LOL, trying to protect her idiot kid that messed up big time.

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