An angry woman tracked down her ex-husband and trashed his birthday party because their daughter attended the event.
As the lady in question revealed in her viral Reddit post, she and her ex-husband have joint custody of their 15-year-old daughter.
One day, the man asked his ex if his daughter could join him for his birthday celebration, which fell on the day the daughter was set to stay with her mother, only for the woman to deny his request.
When the day of the celebration arrived, however, the man picked his daughter from school and took her to the restaurant where he was celebrating his birthday with his loved ones.
After discovering what her husband had done, the girl’s mother tracked down her daughter using the location feature on her phone. She then rushed to the venue and interrupted the party.
“My ex-husband has her for certain days, and his birthday didn’t fall on one of these days. In fact, it fell on one of the days where my daughter is supposed to be with me. He called me so we could discuss letting him have my daughter on the day of his birthday but I told him no because it is not his day to have her, he got my daughter involved and she said she really wants to go but I said no because I have my reasons,” the angry woman wrote.
“My ex-husband dropped it but on the day of his birthday, I went to pick my daughter up from school but I discovered that he came and took straight to the restaurant where his birthday party was taking place.
I was fuming I called him but he didn’t pick up, I then called my daughter and she said she was with him. I used location feature to track her phone and got the address.”
She added: “I showed up and interrupted the party, My ex-husband started arguing with me but I told he had no consent to have my daughter with him that day but he said my daughter wanted to be there for his birthday.
“My former MIL tried to speak to me and I told her to stay out of it then told my daughter to grab her stuff cause we were going home. My ex-husband and family unloaded on me and I tried to ignore them and just leave but my daughter made it hard for me.
“I took her home eventually and grounded her for agreeing to leave school with her dad when it wasn’t his day. Her dad called me yelling about how bitter and spiteful I was to deprive my daughter from attending his birthday, I told him it’s basic respect and boundaries but he claimed it was just me being spiteful and deliberately hurtful towards him that I didn’t even care how it affected my daughter.
I hung up but more of his family members started blasting me on social media saying I showed up and made a scene at the restaurant. Went as far as calling me ‘unstable.’”
After attempting to look for compassion on the internet, the woman was quickly hit with the harsh reality of her situation, whereas people branded her as a**hole and suggested her hatred for her ex was stronger than her love for her daughter.
“You hate your ex more than you love your daughter, and you proved it with your actions in this scenario,” someone wrote.
“She’s 15 and wanted to spend her dad’s birthday with him. You made a scene and exerted unnecessary control to make a point. What you’re actually doing is being irrational and alienating your child. Keep it up and you risk permanently damaging your relationship with her,” another said.
The third wrote: “You should have let him have her on the birthday. Why make such a big deal?
“Yes, your ex shouldn’t have picked her up after you said no to the switch. But once he did, you should have left her and dealt with it afterwards. All you’re accomplishing now is alienating your daughter. She’s 15 and enjoying her time with dad. Let her.”
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