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Posted by u/[deleted]
7 hours ago

'AITA for not letting my daughter be around her mother?' UPDATED

My original post : https://www.reddit.com/r/family/s/1HpvyztmgZ

I thought I’d give an update. I decided to talk to my daughter and ask what she thought about meeting Ellie. She said she’d like to meet her, so we arranged to meet at a restaurant. Ellie was cordial and asked my daughter about her favorite things to do, school, and her friends. My daughter even asked Ellie if she has any other kids, and Ellie replied, “Yes, sweetie!

You have two half-brothers.”

After our meeting, Ellie texted me to say thanks and asked if she could start seeing my daughter on a set schedule. I told her I wanted to take things slowly. Then she said, “Before we set anything up, maybe we should discuss child support for the time she’ll be with me.” I thought she was joking. I replied, “I have full custody.

I’m not paying you to visit your own child!” She got angry, saying, “You’re still the same selfish jerk as before! I have two other kids and am raising them alone! Now I finally connect with my daughter, and you’re being a deadbeat.”

At first, I thought it was a prank, but it turns out she has serious money problems. It seems she was hoping to get shared custody so I’d start paying her, essentially to babysit her own daughter. I told her if that was her plan, she wouldn’t get a dime from me. She kept insulting me and eventually blocked me.

Since then, my daughter has asked several times what happened to Ellie. I just told her that Ellie must be busy and that if she contacts me, I’ll let her know. Ellie is banned from ever contacting my daughter until she an adult and decide for herself

Comments (118)

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u/FaraSha_Au 3h ago

What a miserable excuse for a human being.

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u/Crafty_Special_7052 2h ago

Wow she’s crazy. Also, if she wanted shared custody she would need to go through the courts. At least now you know why she tried to get back in your life. She wanted to use you for money. Honestly she should be paying you child support.

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u/atmasabr 1h ago

Wow.

Despite going against everyone's advice (mine included), I think you did things the right way by seeking your daughter's opinion and proceeding with caution.

Alas, motherhood has made Ellie regress. She has gotten *worse* at manipulation and plotting. Maybe she contracted the Terrible Twos from her children: "I wannit NOW!"

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u/SnooWords4839 8h ago

Money, they only reason she wants to be a mother. What a cunt.

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u/Nightwish1976 2h ago

What a human excrement.

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u/RedneckDebutante 6h ago

You're going to need a licensed child therapist to help you explain this to Ellie. This is far to delicate to do alone.

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u/Away-Understanding34 3h ago

Ugh I am so sorry for you and your daughter. Elle is really shitty for her ulterior motives and involving your poor daughter. I would be on alert though. I'm not sure she's done trying to get money from you. 

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u/GoddessfromCyprus 1h ago

If she wants 'shared custody' does she realise that she would, according to the way she's thinking, have to pay you when you have your daughter and in that event, you cancel each other out?

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u/Significant_Planter 5h ago

The irony that she tampered with condoms to get pregnant when she knew you didn't want that, to try to force you into a relationship you didn't want and she's going to call you selfish? LMAO 


The whole reason you're even in this conversation is because shes SO selfish! Unreal! Keep your daughter away from her at all costs. You don't want her to turn out like her egg donor. 

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u/fetchinbobo66 8h ago

Has she been paying you child support all of these years ?

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u/Fantastic-Corner-605 4h ago

I think you have a case for suing her for child support.

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u/Mother_Search3350 5h ago

What a monumental AH. You need to keep that woman away from your daughter.  The emotional damage she is going to do to her will take years of therapy to undo.  When she is older and an adult and is mature enough to deal with the fact that she has a crappy egg donor for a mom, she will decide what relationship she wants have with her. 


 Right now, you need to protect your daughter from that emotional vampire and deadbeat. 


Next time she contacts you, tell her she owes YOU 7 years of back child support and you will be suing her for it of she doesn't back off and stop harassing you 

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u/DawnShakhar 4h ago

I'm sad for your daughter. She would like to have a mother, but her bio-mother is a bitch who only wanted to use her for money. Your daughter is better off without her.

You should consider having some female influence in your daughter's life. Perhaps a friend or relative could agree to do some of the "female" things with her. But definitely not this poor excuse of a mother.

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u/CompanyHead689 5h ago

File for child support since you have full custody

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u/wlfwrtr 1h ago

Make sure Ellie can only talk to you over text message in the future. Don't reply to any that aren't about your daughter. Screenshot everything.

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u/prosperosniece 8h ago

It may be time to get a lawyer.

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u/SerenityLunaMay 6h ago

Honestly, you never should have let her meet your daughter. You should have met her one on one. Now you know for future discussions. Also, never ever discuss her seeing your daughter before talking to a lawyer first. You could screw your custody doing that.

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u/el_grande_ricardo 7h ago

NTA, but you need to be more honest with your daughter. Let her know you found out Ellie had some hidden motives for coming around now, and that causes you not to trust her around the most precious thing in your life.

If you don't, Ellie will find a way to sneak in and convince your daughter that YOU are the bad guy and kept sweet, innocent Ellie away from her beloved daughter.

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u/jdbtensai 4h ago

Disgusting woman.

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u/Talk_aboutlife 6h ago

I’m sorry your ex is such a jackass. I’m very sorry for your daughter. This is one of the saddest post I’ve read yet! Praying for you & your daughter.

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