Her Ex-Husband Wants To Take Their Son’s Old Toys To Give To His Toddler Twins, But She Thinks They Should Be Saved For Her Son’s Future Children
This forty-year-old woman and her ex-husband, who is thirty-nine, currently have a twenty-year-old son together. And they actually ended up getting divorced about fifteen years ago after her ex came out as gay.
Unfortunately, though, she claims that right after their separation, her ex became a totally absent parent for the next six years of her son’s life.
In fact, it was not until her ex actually met his current husband and settled down for a second time that he re-entered her son’s life.
And thankfully, ever since then, her ex has become a way better parent. They also split custody fifty-fifty– so she and her ex spend equal time taking care of their son.
Despite her ex “forgetting” about their son for six years, though, she claims that her ex’s parents never did. Instead, they actually disowned her ex– their son– but still wanted to be a part of her baby boy’s life.
“And they are wealthy, so my son never missed out on anything in his life,” she revealed.
In fact, her ex-in-laws actually contributed to her son’s college education and are now even paying for his apartment plus expenses. That way, her son does not have to worry about finding a part-time job while in school.
On top of that, back when her son was between the ages of three and ten, her ex-in-laws bought him every type of toy under the sun. And both she and her son could not have been more grateful.
“Those are expensive and amazing toys for a child. My son was so careful as a child, so the toys are as good as new,” she recalled.
New Africa – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual toys
They were even kept in such good condition that now, each toy has been packed away and saved in a storage room inside her home. The plan is for her future grandchildren to one day have a chance to play with them, too.
The only problem now, though, is that after her ex remarried, he also had two more children with his partner– who are twins.
And now that the twins have just turned three years old, her ex actually wants to take some of her son’s old toys for the twins to play with.
And after finding out her ex planned to pick up the items during a phone call, she immediately told him that she would have to speak with her son first. After all, it was all of her son’s old toys.
Well, apparently, her son actually had no problem passing them on to the twins. Moreover, he claimed that she could make the final decision about what to do with the toys.
Honestly, though, after taking some time to mull it over, she ultimately decided that the toys should be kept for her son’s future children.
Apparently, she simply believes that her future grandchildren should be the ones who have a right to play with what their dad– her son– once owned and played with, too.
But, for whatever reason, her ex just did not understand that at all. Instead, he actually tried to call her a jerk for withholding the toys since her son seemingly did not care about what happened to them anyway.
“And there are kids around who can play with them, and this was also a way to connect with their big brother,” her ex added.
However, she knows that her ex is not exactly struggling to make ends meet. In fact, he and his husband are in basically the complete opposite situation since her ex is an engineer and his partner is a dermatologist.
In other words, it’s not like they cannot afford to buy their twins’ new toys.
Despite that, though, her own husband still actually believes she is acting like a jerk– the reason being that the toys are currently just sitting there in her storage room, collecting dust, instead of being played with.
“But there is also a chance these kids are not as careful as my son and can break them,” she vented.
So now, with both her ex and current husband pretty upset with her, she has been left wondering if refusing to hand over her son’s old toys actually makes her a jerk or not.
Why do you think her ex wants the toys if he can afford to just buy new ones? Is it understandable why she wants to hold onto the items for her son’s future kids? If you were in her shoes, what would you decide to do?
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