He Allowed His Daughter To Leave Her Sketchbook At His House After His Ex-Wife Looked Through It Without Permission And Scheduled An Evaluation With A Psychologist
This man and his ex-wife, Jessica, have a 12-year-old daughter together named Claire.
Since they split up, Jessica also got remarried to Chris, who is 40 years old and has two children. So, Jessica’s stepson, Luke, is 10; meanwhile, her stepdaughter, Addie, is 7.
However, he and Jessica have split custody of their daughter Claire. That’s why Claire spends one week at her mother’s place. Then, on Sundays, they “swap,” and he gets Claire for one week.
Ever since his ex-wife got remarried, though, it appears that Claire has been encountering issues with her new stepsiblings. And just two weeks ago, a major argument happened.
That day, while Claire was at her mother’s house, her stepsiblings apparently snuck into her room and started going through her stuff. In the process, some of his daughter’s important personal belongings were broken– which obviously made Claire very upset.
So, by the time Claire returned home and found out what had happened, she started screaming at her stepsiblings, Luke and Addie.
But, his ex-wife Jessica and her new husband Chris basically didn’t do anything. Instead, they just wrote off the bad behavior as “kids will be kids,” which he seriously disagreed with.
“I think that Addie and Luke need a reality check for their behavior and that they should not get away with it,” he admitted.
Regardless, Jessica and Chris still claimed that his daughter’s reaction was “over the top.” They also suggested it was a “sign” that something might be wrong with his daughter!
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That’s why his ex-wife came to the conclusion that she needed to learn what was going on “in Clarie’s head.” So, she actually wound up confiscating Claire’s sketchbook– which was where his daughter let her feelings out.
Afterward, his ex-wife proceeded to go through the entire book and suggested that what she found was “disturbing.”
Now, he claimed that, in the past, his daughter had actually shown him the sketchbook before. And he believed nothing inside was disturbing whatsoever.
Nonetheless, Jessica did not agree and even wound up bringing Claire to a psychologist to get an evaluation!
“Spoiler alert: they didn’t find anything,” he explained.
“My daughter is completely mentally healthy, except for– surprise, surprise– stress from her stepsiblings.”
Anyway, he picked up Claire this past Sunday for his week with his daughter. And for the first few hours she was at his house, Claire stayed holed up in her bedroom sketching.
Then, during dinner, his daughter wound up coming clean about what happened.
In an attempt to make her feel better at the time, he decided to make Claire a surprise pancake breakfast the following morning. But later, his daughter ultimately asked if she could just leave her sketchbook at his house.
That way, her mom– his ex-wife– could not look through it. He thought that was a fine idea, too, and agreed. So, Claire returned home to her mother’s house without the sketchbook.
Just yesterday, though, he received a text from his ex-wife. In the message, Jessica claimed to be “worried” that Claire had “forgotten her sketchbook” at her house.
Apparently, when Jessica had gone to confiscate the drawing pad, it became clear that it was not in the house.
At that point, Jessica also asked to arrange a time and place to receive the sketchbook. However, that was not a part of his or his daughter’s plan.
That’s why he wound up lying and claiming that he decided to keep the sketchbook at his home because he did not want the item to be confiscated again.
“I didn’t want to throw Claire under the bus here. In hindsight, lying probably wasn’t the best idea,” he said.
And if you could not have guessed, this only made his ex-wife very angry. In fact, Jessica accused him of being a jerk and claimed that she “had a right to her daughter’s mind.”
Still, he stuck to his story and told Jessica he was worried since he didn’t think the situation was properly handled the last time his ex-wife went through the sketchbook.
Regardless, Jessica would not let up and just restated her perspective. And at that point, he decided not to respond anymore.
So, it has now been two days since he last spoke to his ex-wife. And since reflecting on the situation, he’s been left wondering whether allowing his daughter to keep her sketchbook at his house after his ex-wife went through it without permission was the right thing to do or not.
Why do you think his ex-wife didn’t properly reprimand his daughter’s stepsiblings for trifling through her belongings? Was it fair for his ex-wife to confiscate his daughter’s sketchbook? Did he do the right thing by trying to protect his daughter’s privacy? How would you have handled this situation?
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