Rant about Ex

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Not sure if this is the right sub forum for this but feel like a good rant!

a month back i got phone call from my ex who i have a 5 year old with , shes crying down the phone saying her partner (he moved in a couple of weeks before) has hit my lad and its bruised the top of his leg and bum and the school have gone to the police etc.
she said she heard the slap from downstairs.
He had to go to hospital and get checked out which i could see upset him.
his mum is sat there crying saying she hates her partner wants nothing to do with him blah blah
the social worker tells her my lad has to come back with me instead of his mum as they hadnt arrested her partner yet. He then gets arrested and puts on bail, his dad gets his stuff from the house and i hope that is the end of
When i was watching my lad at football with his mum(we get on alright) said her partner (who's not allowed to contact her or my lad) has contacted her mum saying hes sorry , he wish her could turn things back and what not and wants to sit down with her and speak to me(yes thats right me?! if i wasn't working somewhere in which any sort of criminal record would loose my job i'd have smashed the ****ers face in!).
I told her shes stupid if shes considering it and she said she wasnt.
My lad still mentions about the time he hit him so still fresh in his memory.
Well on sunday i went to pick him up and she said his bails up and they're cautioning him. Sorry but i think this is not enough! To bruise a bum and to hit so hard to hear it downstairs is not a knee jerk reaction thats hitting with intent to do damage! If it was his head we could be looking at a lot more serious damage! He should have more done. They wonder how child abuse happens ?! by not doing enough!
Well today his mum whos off to america on wednesday (her partner paid for his flight prior to the incident) said they're trying again!!
To say i'm seething is an understatement! i understand its not my say what she does in her love life, but surely this is bang out of order!
Next time which i think there will be it may be more serious.
Social worker wants him to go on an anger management course.
its proper ** No disguised swearing - EVH ** because it seems there's bugger all i can do. i can't afford to take her through courts to try getting custody and lets face it dads often get **** on when it comes to courts against mums.

i've tried talking to her and persuading her else wise but she seems to be putting her life ahead of my lads.

so in short his mums selfish and the system is ****.

Rant over !
 
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Cheers for the responses guys, can't say i thought i'd be in this situation. She reckons it isn't going back to how it i was , not sure how that works really.

My works Laptop is a bit crap as it won't let me press the quote button!
So in response to one of the questions about him going to america .. i hope not! i'd like to think the caution would stop him getting in but it is a worry.
In response to the question about this being posted here, you maybe correct as such i'll remove the post later today incase it courses any issues some how.

When i was at the hospital the social worker said to her that he would need anger management classes/ courses if they were to try again. Anger management courses don't put my mind at risk

Another thing i do not like with this is that the policce and social workers have been in touch with his mum throughout the whole thing and not once apart from the hospital spoken to me about anything. the only contact the police had was turning up gone 9pm and taking pictures of my lad as evidence. He couldn;t answer any questons as he wasnt involed in any of the case, he was a normal police man who came out because CID were understaffed to take their own pictures.

I'd love to have parental responsiblity / custody but having just purchased a house i am just in the red so cannot afford it, personally i think the government should help out but hey ho get used to it.
 
As for why he hit him ... My lad said the water in the shower was to hot and the guy tried getting him out and he accidently kicked him.
2 things that concerned me was 1: why is he showering my lad 2: why was the water to hot? Surely checking before putting him in is common sense.
My lad probs shouldn't have kicked him and i doubt he would have done it hard but that doens;t warrent what he did. I lived with my ex for quite a number of years and until my lad was nearly 3, not once did i feel the need to hit him in anyway, now hes 5 and still havent had the need!

I'll look into custody
 
Reading online i believe i need to fill in a 'form C1' which i've printed off, going to get myself down to the citizens advise bureau see what advise they can give. His mums come out with a corker 'you don't know him like i do'
erm yes i do hes scum.

I am with someone with a 3 year old who lets say can be challenging and more hardwork than my lad but not once have i ever thought 'shes going to get it' or anything like that. If they're naughty and shes kicking off to much i put in her room and let her vent in there. not hit her.

when this all happened i thought fair play she didn't know he would do that, shes chucked him out , didn't think for a moment she'd be so stupid. must be loads of genuine guys out there.
I know if i have no joy every time theres' a mark on him i'll be worried its from him.
 
More than a rant. This is serious. I don't even know if it should be posted on here. If the guy is coming back, you want him out. It will happen again. Shame she's fallen for it.

Chap I know was in the same situation with his daughter, although his ex's partner pinned her against a wall by the neck and throttled her.

Went through the same things as you, but the partner was stupid enough to do it again, having already been warned by social services.

The instant SS heard he'd done it a second time, the partner was arrested and charged, the ex lost custody of her daughter and the chap was reunited with his daughter. Partner is now serving time and I believe the ex lost custody of her other kids due to being an unfit mother - Apparently taking back a nutter who abuses kids is considered incapable of rational judgement, as is defending him in court!

So press as hard as you can and do not give up hope - It can be won!!

Thanks for this info, it's a shame it has happened twice in this case. Hopefully this will go a different way and there won't be a second time.
 
This is why there are so many a-hole kids around nowadays. Parents should be able to hit their children if they're doing wrong (obviously not beating the living crap out of them, but a good solid slap / smack).

Maybe the guy is sincerely sorry and did overreact out of character. Or should anyone that has one instance of violence be locked away for good? :rolleyes:

Also, why didn't you make your relationship work with your partner, for the sake of your child?


Not sure if some of the post is baiting.. but hey ho

Parents i believe are allowed to smack their children (not someone elses) on the proviso it does not leave a mark. i maybe wrong on this though. Personally i've never had to hit him, never wanted or got close to. He's well behaved with me and if he does play up i hardly have to raise my voice .

the guy maybe genuinely sorry and heck he probs will be however would you take the risk he wouldn't do it again with your child?

The relationship didn't work, it happens. We tried and made the decison to go our seperate ways after a little over 10 years together.
 
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