A woman was left reeling after a shocking discovery about her ex-partner’s new romantic interest.
Moving on from a past relationship can be challenging, especially when shared memories linger and children are involved. This particular mum, who has a four-year-old daughter with her former partner, found herself in an uncomfortable situation when her ex-boyfriend moved with someone new.
She would have loved to cut ties with him completely – but they co-parent for the sake of their daughter, so she must stay in touch, even if the revelation has left her feeling “disgusted”. She recounted that she was recently using her mother’s phone to search for a video related to an upcoming exam.
While watching the video, a text message popped up on the screen from her ex-boyfriend. She thought nothing of it at first as he often texts her mum to arrange visits to see his daughter, but when she opened up their conversation she was left horrified – as the pair had been exchanging “inappropriate” messages.
Taking to Reddit, the woman expressed her disgust upon learning that her ex-partner was now romantically involved with her mother, making the already complex family dynamic even more complicated. Her daughter’s father was now intimately connected with her grandmother.
She said: “I noticed a text from my baby daddy. He usually texts my mum when I’m not home to ask about our daughter to arrange visits or talk to her. I didn’t think much of it since my mum had been watching my daughter while I was at school.
“It was then that my whole world shattered. I found out that they had been flirting and having inappropriate conversations for several months. She had even sent him explicit photos on multiple occasions. When we talked about it later, she admitted how it started, how it escalated into something explicit, and assured me that it never went beyond that.
“It’s been 24 hours since I found out. I am still in shock. I feel everything and nothing all at once. I’m so f***ing hurt, betrayed, disgusted, humiliated – and completely broken. I’m honestly not sure how to cope, how to process, or even how to move forward.”
Despite her mother’s insistence that the relationship with her daughter’s ex-partner never became physical, the woman remains sceptical of her truthfulness. Commenters echoed this sentiment, expressing disbelief given the duration of the explicit messaging, and many advised her to distance herself from the situation promptly.
One commenter stated: “It doesn’t matter if it went further than sexting or not, it’s beyond inappropriate. You need to get away from your mother and this baby daddy as soon as you can. I have a feeling custody courts would care about the grandma and father carrying on like this. It’s beyond disturbing and not a healthy environment for the child.”
A second person said: “You are not reacting enough. How dare she? That is your child’s FATHER. And she’s being intimate with him? disgusting. Both of them are disgusting.” Meanwhile, another commented: “Who needs enemies when you have a mother like that? DISGUSTING and so heartbreaking.”