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@jerrybrown Thank you. This is my thought process too. He actually started the tradition- not me. But I see how it makes my kids proud to shop for their dad, so I play along. No I don’t drop a lot of money. I do buy for the SO because I am trying to teach my kids to be thoughtful and inclusive...

@kelbel81 Unfortunately yes, he does. He’s also had flowers and chocolate delivered to my house on Valentine’s Day (which I can assure you I did NOT reciprocate that and they went in the trash. My husband was insulted, and rightfully so). He sends Mother’s Day gifts, cards, birthday cards/long...

@jojo257 I liked the girl he dated for about 2 years and I was appreciative of her treating my kids well, so I would happily send a gift for her, but I still internally rolled my eyes about getting one for him. I know it’s beneficial for the kids, and I try not to think of it as me buying it...

@passingthrough1 Thank you! I grew up with my mom buying a gift for everyone and their neighbor at Christmas. And then the first year, he sent gifts over for me, and then for me and my husband and so on. And I felt pressured! Because he took the kids shopping for me and I felt like maybe I...

@tinabugs77 He had one SO I really liked for 2 years. I was so sad to see her go last year. Now he’s been seeing someone new and since then he’s stopped seeing the kids as much, the kids ask not to go to the new (6 months and he’s moved in) girlfriends house/spend his weekends with his parents...

@4lifephotography Literally same, and everything is a double standard with him. He let his girlfriend take my kids to a hotel to go swimming while he was at work (within a couple weeks of dating her) and didn’t even tell me, the kids told me. But he will not hand the kids over to my husband if I...

@4lifephotography You get it, thank you! It sucks, but sometimes it’s easier to just literally buy your peace with whatever cheap cologne set your kids want to buy. People are easier to deal with if you don’t express your unwavering dislike of them usually.

Does anyone else have a coparenting relationship where you’re friendly on a surface level/amicable for the kids sake ONLY? Under the surface, I still can’t get past the horrible things they’ve done. If I weren’t legally obligated because of the children, there would be no contact at all. Yet...