A man said that his 'delusional' ex-wife has been making 'ridiculous' demands of him to get rid of an 'unfair advantage' that makes their son value spending time with him more than with her.
Sharing his story anonymously, the man said that his trouble began when his son made friends with a boy named Adrian who came from a broken home.
With his mother a drug addict, Adrian would often be neglected and when the man heard of his situation, he offered to take him in and now Adrian lives with him full time.
Because of this, the man's son, who is now 16, no longer wants to spend as much time at his mother's house - and she is demanding that the man send Adrian back to his abusive parents.
Posting on Reddit, the man, based in America, said: "My son has a best friend, Adrian, whom he’s been very close to since sixth grade.
"Adrian does not have the best home life. Father is long gone and his mother is a regular drug user who’s gone majority of the time.
"Back then he’d be over all the time for dinner and we always made sure he had food to take home with him. The situation got worse when schools decided to switch to online and so I invited him to move in with me in April of last year.
"He’s always been a good kid so having him here is a delight. My son loves that his best friend practically lives with us now and we’ve agreed this can remain permanent until he moves out if that’s what he’d like.
"With Adrian here my son has wanted to stay here more and more. My ex wife and I have joint custody, one week with her then the next with me.
"He’s begged my ex a few times to let him stay here a few extra days and sometimes she agrees. But I can tell this bothers her so I’ve told my son he needs to spend time with his mom too and Adrian will be here when he comes back. Besides it’s not like they can’t chat or see each other for a whole week."
The man explained that his ex-wife doesn't invite Adrian over with her son because they don't have enough space, as her new husband has three children of his own.
The post continues: "My son has started asking if it would be possible to stay here during the week and then go with his mom weekends. My ex was told about this and she’s p***ed at me.
"Firstly she accused me of only inviting Adrian to move in with me to make my son want to stay there more and second, she asked that I have Adrian move back to his mom’s because it’s unfair to use him as an advantage.
"Just the ridiculousness of it all made me laugh over the phone because no, I’m not sending a kid back to their drug addict mother who doesn’t even care that he’s not there right now.
"I called her delusional for even thinking this was done to get some sort of brownie points from my son to make him wanna stay here, and she’s just plain crazy if she really thinks I’d go along with a request like that.
"So now I’m being called a jacka** for insulting her when she has every right to feel that I’m using this against her. I don’t see how but that’s her point of view. She’s definitely mad at me over it so I’d like to know if calling her names was taking things too far."
After sharing his story online, many Reddit users flocked to his defence - saying that sending Adrian home was the wrong decision.
One user posted: "His mother won't take care of him. She wants you to abandon him just for her own pleasure. That's terrible. Your right, she is being delusional. You sound like a great person."
And another said: "I don't even have kids, but even I know you can always accommodate, especially if you already have room for four kids under your roof."
While a third person added: "My thoughts exactly like it should definitely be try to find a way for Adrian to come over too rather than send Adrian back to his drug addict parents like what kind of leap is that to make."
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