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Ex letting child sleeping in bed with their new partner
Please someone tell me I’m not overreacting…me and my ex split in September 2023, we have a 5 and 2 year old, he’s been dating someone for the past few months and introduced the children to her last month, he never told me after he said he would, our relationship isn’t going great but still. Our youngest still co sleeps and tonight the children got dropped off and my eldest has informed me that they had a sleepover last night with his girlfriend and her 2 children, I asked where my youngest slept and he slept in the same bed as his dad and her. I actually feel sick that some stranger has just slept in a bed with my child. I’m guessing there’s nothing that I can do about this but I can’t believe this has actually happened, he only has them 2 nights a week so has 5 nights for her to stay over!
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No I agree that's really odd and I'd be fuming.
@Alice I can’t understand why any mother would find that acceptable, I would never put my children in that situation. My youngest won’t sleep elsewhere, it’s either next to me or his dad. My eldest was in his room on the top bunk and one of her daughters was on the bottom. I consider this to be a safety concern so sadly that’s the only way I would know about this, I don’t normally though, usually it’s just me asking if him and his brother had a good weekend!
@Kirsty I’m glad i’m not the only one who would feel this way, it’s awful!
Yeah, that’s a no from me and even more so if you haven’t even met her. I wonder if she’d be happy for her children to share a bed with your ex?
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Yeah I wouldn't like it either. I wonder why she didn't find it weird because I wouldn't want someone's kid in bed with me. Obviously it's the weekend and the kids might have found it fun all having a sleepover, but he should have had the youngest sleep with his sibling. What I would say though is don't question the 5 year old on what's happening, you can't change anything and it's not fair on the child.