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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel sorry for your son.

He needs someone to have his back. You should let him spend the holidays where he wants and support him emotionally if he’s depressed and struggling. The fact that you’re dating…? Come on. Be there for him!

And if your ex is obligated by the agreement to pay, he pays or you go to court. Your son should know that he can’t be emotionally abused by his dad. You should back him I standing up to him and having healthy boundaries, not playing nice so he can get some money and connections. WTF.

I say this all as a divorced mom who understand the pressures. This is an enormously f’d up situation for your son. No one is saying that he shouldn’t spend time with his dad. But he should be able to choose to do that without toxicity. The fact that you pressure him because of your own interests is so sad.[/quote]

Thank you for saying that. I will offer my son to come for Christmas dinner, if this is where he wants to be. I do have a BF but he’s very understanding of situation, and not insisting on meeting my son before my son wants to meet him.

My son is in college, so I have time to date my BF. We haven’t been able to make any holiday plans so far in a whole year. Mostly because my exH is a totally unreliable psycho and I can never be sure that my son won’t beg to come to my house on college breaks [/quote]

What the heck? Forget the boyfriend, put your son first. Let him move in or come as often as he wants. [/quote]

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