Katharina Buczek
And since her lawyer told her never to leave her son with her ex during her own custody time– because then her ex could claim he has more custody rights– she felt like she was out of options.
She obviously did not want to hang out with her ex and his wife alone in an empty house for over an hour. On the other hand, she also didn’t want to leave and go back to the party later because it was a waste of gas.
So, at that point, she decided to just tell her ex and his wife that they had blown it. Then, she left with her son, took him to the park, and they had a nice day together.
After she left, her ex did blow up her phone with texts about how she was punishing his 1-year-old daughter for his wife’s pregnancy.
Quite frankly, though, she really did not care that his new wife was pregnant. She was just angry that her ex lied to her to seemingly create drama.
So, she just responded to the texts by saying, “grow up.” And when her son asked about his half-sister’s birthday party, she just explained that there had been a mix-up about the party time.
She also told him that he would get to celebrate his half-sister’s birthday at his dad’s house, and he was totally fine with that.
Once her mom heard about what happened, though, she got accused of hurting the birthday girl’s feelings in the process. Her mom also told her that she should have been the bigger person– not left the party.
Still, though, she believes that her ex’s daughter was not hurt by any of this– mainly because the little girl is 1-year-old and wouldn’t even remember who was there.
She also believes there is a limit to “being the bigger person,” particularly when it comes to her ex’s games.
“I am not going to reward lying and trickery in my ex anymore than I would reward it if my 6-year-old did it,” she said.
