My child has been seeing his dad for a few hours each week during lockdown at my house. Whilst a little uncomfortable at times, we have made it work.
My ex has another child from another relationship whom he is also seeing. This older child is staying with him every weekend. This means that my ex is effectively moving between three households including his own.
I made it clear to him from day 1 of lockdown that I was unhappy that there were too many external factors from mixing with additional households for social distancing to work however understood that he needed to see both children.
Since the lifting of some restrictions on Wednesday, my ex’s teenage child has been going out for unlimited exercise and meeting his friend(s) with no social distancing measures. My ex has informed me of this today.
I am now not happy that he will spend time in my house with my (our) son. Whilst unlikely, he could’ve picked up, been exposed to Covid-19, I don’t want my child or myself to get it.
My ex’s attitude is what’s grates though. He is only interested in himself and what is right for him. He gets quite verbally aggressive if challenged.
I explained to him to that there were now unknown’s within our group and he could potentially pass on Covid-19 to our child. His reply was that we (my child and I) were more likely to get it anyway as we live in a disadvantaged area and it’s been proven that poor areas (council estates) are hotspots.
We have adhered to the rules from day one and yet I have to let this person into my home because he has parental responsibility. I’d just like your thoughts really because I am really stressing about this and he won’t stay away.
Last week his teenage child had a sore throat and he refused to self isolate. I feel he’s putting us in danger. If I say anything he will tell me he’ll start court proceedings to have our child for longer if I carry on challenging him. This is something he does every-time I disagree with him.
Just for information he isn’t worried about anyone over 70 getting the virus either (including our parents) as they’ve already had their life. He told me this. This is his attitude and what I’m dealing with.
TIA.
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