Woman demands ex-husband financially support her children from another man, he refuses and gets full custody of them after years of her terrible parenting

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jan 10, 2025 2:00 PM EST

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Divorce can get messy. The very nature of it is the act of sundering a family's foundation and structure, and it's never easy for anyone to get through it. For children, it can be especially hard. Having to pack a bag every week, seeing your parents get together with someone else, possibly having to live with stepsiblings. It could really be a complete nightmare. 

For the couple getting the divorce, there can be a lot of resentment that can build up against the other person. Having seen this person as your partner, your wife or husband, your best friend for so many years, and then to have that stripped away from under your feet must be tough. You might carry the same expectations of them through the divorce and after, which is what the woman does in the story below. 

In this story, the protagonist is a man who has gotten divorced, but his ex-wife keeps coming back into his life. She's continued to have children with other men, and in the end they leave her, but she still expects her ex-husband to be the one taking care of them, and financially supporting them. Read the full story below for all the juicy details.

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    51 THE UNITED STY 100 IN GOD 50 100 ONERENDIS 201 JB 0101 8818 HJ 80455711 J10 100 TAA ES OF AMERIC OG MF 968 28000 F6 B2 "She even admitted that the kids 5 don't like living with her" 100 ESOFAMERICA WE THEN 10 DONE HUNDE 100 THE UNITED ST IN GOD 100 DOLLARS 100 LK 79675645C K11 WE THUNT
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    AITA for telling my ex to give me full custody of our kids if she wants my help and saying that's the only help I'd ever offer her?
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    I (34) have two sons (11 and 9) with my ex (34). We broke up after I found out she had been cheating on me with this guy "Luke". She didn't fight me on it until she told Luke she was pregnant and he disappeared. Then she told me the baby was mine and we should try to make it work. I told her we'd need a
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    This Luke character sounds like a really stand-up gentlemen. What a guy – to get a women pregnant and then abandon her? It seems like an absolute nightmare.  

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    DNA test but regardless we were never getting back together.
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    She had her daughter and DNA proved she wasn't mine. We weren't married so it made it less complicated regarding birth certificates and such. She did try to put my name on her daughter's birth certificate anyway but was told she could not.
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    Well at least the daughter wasn't his. It would have been horrible to end up in a situation where he has another child with this horrible woman. 

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    Our co-parenting relationship was so high conflict that we ended up needing to communicate through a parenting app only and the courts signed off on this. Unless there's an emergency of course. We can try to text or email or call but the other party is not required to acknowledge it unless
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    it's an emergency. She hated it because she wear me down to accepting her daughter but I did not.
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    About two years later she dated a guy called Shaun and suddenly Shaun was her daughter's real dad and I had peace, which was nice. But they also tried to cause troubles with my sons. Luckily my boys and I had such a good relationship that my ex and Shaun couldn't come between us.
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    My ex and Shaun were together for about 2.5 years maybe 3. He got her pregnant and then they had a son and he left.
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    My ex yet again tried to get me to take on her other children. She tried to poison our children against me. The courts ordered her to attend therapy and parenting classes. Custody was not changed, we always had 50- 50, but she was told there would be monetary fines if she engaged
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    in alienation again. I was also able to get our children therapy at this point.
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    Any time one of our boys had an event it was difficult for a while. My ex would try to sit near me and she had convinced her daughter that I'm her dad. I told my ex to correct it because I wasn't going to take on her daughter so she wouldn't feel bad. Her son was too young to really know what was going on.
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    I did try for more/full custody on four different occasions over the way my ex was trying to use our sons and was creating more problems and mess for them. Even with the therapist saying the kids really hated being with their mom and they'd have more stability with me, the two judges we have seen so far have refused to change custody from 50-50.
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    And that's where I'll lead into the next part.
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    So my ex is now married and she has another daughter and this one is with her husband. Before the child they shared he was okay with her other two kids. Now he doesn't want to know them. Even I can see that during very brief and limited interactions but she texts me about it (and I never respond). One of the four
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    attempts at custody was when she admitted her house is h I and how much her kids are suffering because of it. But the judge still denied me.
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    Anyway, she wants me to be there for her other two kids. I still say no. She told me she needs my help. This is when I said the only help I would give is taking full custody of our boys. She freaked and told me I shouldn't separate them from their family and get in the way of the sibling relationship, which honestly to
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    me my boys don't seem to have a close or otherwise involved relationship with any of their three half siblings. The therapist even stated this. But my ex is calling me an aand saying I shouldn't take such a hard stance and should be helping for our sons sakes. AITA?
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    Turbulent_Ebb... NTA. What a situation for you and your sons. Your best bet is do not interact at all outside of issues with your sons. I hope things get better. Sometimes judges s...k.
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    agnesperditanitt ΝΤΑ This woman doesn't only need a parenting class, but also an intensive sexual education class with a focus on proper birth control, FFS.
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    SugarBabe56x Wow, your ex is auditioning for a reality show called 'Family Feud: The Sequel.' You're just trying to keep the drama on stage and off your kids' lives!
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    Routine-Wear-... You're not the AH. You've made it clear that you're only willing to help if it doesn't interfere with your own children's well-being, and you've already tried to step in for their sake in the past. It sounds like your ex
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    hasn't respected your boundaries or your role as a parent, and you've been firm about not taking on her other children. You've also tried to keep things stable for your sons, which is your priority. Her anger is more about her problems, not your responsibility. You're
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    just standing up for your kids and maintaining healthy boundaries.
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