His Ex-Wife Bought His Daughter A Pet Rat Despite Knowing About His Girlfriend’s Phobia, So He Doesn’t Want The Pet At His House, And His Daughter Is Refusing To Come Over Until The Rat’s Allowed Or His Girlfriend Moves Out
This 45-year-old guy and his girlfriend, who is also 45, have been together for two years, and they recently moved in together.
He also has a 40-year-old ex-wife and shares custody of his two kids– a 16-year-old son and a 15-year-old daughter– with her.
“Everything is great, and my girlfriend gets along very well with my children– at least my son,” he said.
But, there is just one major issue: his girlfriend has a severe phobia of rodents, including mice, rats, and squirrels.
Apparently, everyone in the family knows about her phobia, and some people laugh about it. However, he claimed that it was a serious issue for his girlfriend. In fact, she cannot even look at a photo of a rodent without starting to hyperventilate!
Despite that, his ex-wife still gifted his daughter a pet rat as a gift for her fifteenth birthday. And when his daughter brought the pet over to his home, his girlfriend absolutely freaked out.
She was actually so afraid that she fled the apartment immediately without even realizing that she didn’t have a coat or shoes on!
“And I got upset with my daughter because she knows about my girlfriend’s fear,” he recalled.
So, he told his daughter to just leave the rat at his ex-wife’s house moving forward instead of bringing it to his house when she came over. But his daughter just became really upset by that and began screaming at him– accusing both him and his girlfriend of being “ridiculous.”
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His daughter also said that her rat wasn’t the problem and claimed that his girlfriend was the issue.
“And that my girlfriend should move out since she’s the one who has the problem with the rat, not the rat with her,” he revealed.
At that point, he tried to explain how, since they are a family, they all have to make compromises. Nonetheless, his daughter just didn’t get it and now keeps saying that if her pet rat isn’t welcome, then neither is she.
“And my daughter’s planning to stay with her mom until her rat is allowed or my girlfriend moves out,” he vented.
Obviously, his ex-wife found out about this whole incident, too, and she wound up berating him on the phone– calling him a jerk for choosing his girlfriend over his daughter.
However, he just accused his ex of being the jerk for buying their daughter a pet rat while knowing about his girlfriend’s phobia.
Anyway, the pet rat has obviously caused a ton of tension in his family. And now, with his daughter so upset, he’s been left wondering if claiming that the rat should be left at his ex-wife’s house was really so unreasonable or not.
Do you think his ex-wife bought the rat as a gift to purposely cause a problem? Regardless, can you understand why he doesn’t want the rodent at his house due to his girlfriend? How should he handle this situation?
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