She Told Her Ex That His New Wife Couldn’t Join Their Son’s College Tours, And Her Ex Is Furious
When this woman’s son was just 6-months-old, she and her ex split up. Then, shortly after her relationship ended, she met her current husband– whom she married when her son was 3.
Since then, her ex has been very supportive of her marriage and believes her husband is an excellent stepfather. And even though their co-parenting relationship has been tough at times, she believes that she and her ex have done a fine job working through any issues for the sake of their son.
But, just last year, her ex wound up eloping with a new woman named Shelly, whom he only dated for about a year or so before tying the knot.
That’s why she doesn’t know Shelly all that well and has only actually met her son’s stepmother twice. Her son, on the other hand, really dislikes his father’s new wife.
“He thinks Shelly is mentally unhinged, is way too involved in his personal business, and he blames her for being the reason he hasn’t been able to spend as much quality time with his father,” she explained.
Since her son will soon be a senior in high school, she and her son have also begun touring colleges. This past spring, they looked at a few schools. Throughout the summer, they also intend to visit various out-of-state colleges.
The plan was for herself, her husband, and her son’s father to go on the tours together.
However, when she was trying to coordinate the details of their next tour with her ex earlier this week, a bomb was dropped on her. She learned that Shelly would also be joining them on their three college tours.
She didn’t hesitate to ask her ex why his new wife was joining. She also pointed out how the woman tagging along was not necessary. Nonetheless, her ex claimed that Shelly just wanted to be supportive.
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Now, she knows that Shelly has three children of her own, with the oldest being about the same age as her son. So, she asked her ex if Shelly’s daughter would also be looking at the same schools. Yet, her ex claimed that wasn’t the case.
“So why is Shelly coming if her own child isn’t planning on attending these schools?” she asked.
She also told her ex that their son should get the final say in who joins the tours. Then, she claimed she would talk to her son and see what he thought about Shelly joining them.
She did just that after getting off the phone with her ex, too. But her son was less than thrilled with the idea and immediately said that he was not comfortable with Shelly attending the college tours.
That forced her to tell her ex that her son didn’t want Shelly there, and last night, her ex gave her a really angry phone call.
He was infuriated that she got her son “involved” in the matter.
“But I replied that our son is the one touring colleges and making decisions about his future, and he gets to decide who can come along,” she recalled.
“Not to mention, our son is almost an adult and, at his age, is more than capable of deciding who he wants in his life and to what extent.”
In the past, her son had already voiced his feelings about Shelly to his father, too. While her son accepts that his father loves Shelly, he simply does not view his stepmom as family.
So, she ultimately told her ex that if he loved his son and wanted to have a positive relationship with their kid, then he would need to respect their son’s wishes and leave Shelly at home.
“End of story,” she added.
Nonetheless, her ex didn’t agree with her and instead just accused her of being a jerk. Her ex also claimed that Shelly cared about their son and he should be allowed to bring his wife along whenever he wants.
This has pushed her to wonder whether telling her son’s father that he can’t bring his new wife on the college tours was actually the wrong thing to do.
Do you agree that her son should be the only person who has any say in the matter? Why do you think her ex appears to value his new wife’s feelings over their son’s? Did she do anything wrong in this situation?
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