Web Slams Mother of Three Refusing 50/50 Custody

The story of a lady refusing to take 50 p.c custody of her youngsters has shocked Reddit.

Posted on Sunday on the favored subreddit r/AmITheA**gap, consumer kidthrowaway76 defined the story, which now has over 12,000 upvotes and 1000’s of feedback.

kidthrowaway76 stated: “I do know the title makes me sound like an a-hole, however hear me out. I’ve three youngsters with my ex-boyfriend. We had 50/50 custody since our final daughter. In June 2021, he requested for 100% custody and naturally, I refused. He threatened me saying he would get it.”

She went on to clarify that when she went to gather her youngsters that very same week, they have been indignant and accused her of kidnapping them. “The entire week they have been an excessive amount of,” wrote the consumer, “so I gave him 100% custody whereas agreeing to pay baby assist.

“It was summer time so after all they have been having plenty of enjoyable and since his new girlfriend could not have youngsters, it was like an ideal state of affairs for them.”

The poster stated that she moved out of the home, received an house and started “residing her greatest life.” However as soon as faculty began once more, issues arose.

“He did not know what to do when it got here to highschool as I coated all of it,” she stated. “I gave him a binder with every thing he would want to know. Since January the children and my ex have been begging to return to 50/50 and I’ve refused each time.”

The put up completed with: “I instructed them they made their alternative. He instructed my household and I am getting messages from everybody about not taking the children again. So AITA?”

In accordance with information from Statista, in 2020 there have been round 15.31 million youngsters residing with a single mom within the U.S., whereas solely round 3.37 million youngsters lived with a single father.

Relating to splitting time between dad and mom, a significant analysis undertaking from Sweden in 2016 discovered that youngsters in equal shared parenting preparations—for instance, a 50/50 sharing scheme—had decrease ranges of psychosomatic issues than those that lived principally with one, or solely with one mum or dad.

The story sparked vast dialog on-line, the place commenters overwhelmingly stated that “ESH” – an internet abbreviation for “Everybody sucks right here.”

One commenter stated: “Neither of the dad and mom appear to be very involved about what’s in the most effective pursuits of the kids, solely what’s handy or inconvenient to themselves,” whereas one other wrote: “Your youngsters are the collateral injury within the battle between you and the ex. Is the objective to do the most effective for them or damage one another probably the most? As a result of it undoubtedly seems to be just like the latter.”

In a later replace, the mother responded to the feedback from Redditors and stated: “Plenty of you suppose I ought to see them on weekends and attempt to rebuild relationship earlier than going again to 50/50. I believe I’ll do that and thanks to the others who stated I’m the a gap and have a very good motive why. I will likely be placing my youngsters first any longer.”

Newsweek has reached out to kidthrowaway76 for remark.