The ex? My best friend had that going on for several years. So stressful . Everything was always on the verge of snowballing. It nearly ruined her new marriage to a really great guy.

Fortunately, she got some help and grey rocked that son of a bitch and then he took up with someone else and jusr disappeares from his kid's lives. So she has his parental rights severed after 6 months for abandonment.

She lost child support but gained stability and peace in the home. "For everything else, there's Mastercard." JK. That's priceless though.

Sorry to hear you and your ex had a rough go of parenting.