Woman Is ‘Furious’ After Learning Ex Didn’t Get Son Any Gifts to Open Christmas Morning — but Had Toys for New Partner’s Kids

A woman was left “furious” after learning her ex-boyfriend didn’t have any gifts for their child to open on Christmas morning, but did have gifts under the tree for his girlfriend’s kids.

In a Reddit post, the woman shared that she and her ex share a son and broke up four years ago. Her former partner has been with his current girlfriend, who has four children of her own, for about four months, and they recently moved in together.

While the poster has always spent Christmas with their son, this past year, her ex asked to spend the holiday with their child, and she agreed.

“I had my son Christmas Eve and did my Christmas with him and his dad called and asked if he could have him that night to stay with him. I agreed and took him over,” she wrote. “On the way over the whole way there, my son was talking about how excited he was to go to his dad’s and saying his dad told him he’s got something he’s really going to like so he was so excited.”

“The next day I called my son and said Merry Christmas and asked what gifts he got, he said a PlayStation gift card and a Pokemon card he wanted but neither one of them came in time so his dad just showed him what he got but didn’t have anything to actually open,” the woman wrote. 

The woman called the situation “complete bulls—,” noting that her ex had plenty of time to get gifts but instead waited until the “last minute.”

When she asked her son what the other kids got, he told her that they all had about three gifts to open.

The “furious” woman then decided to call her ex’s mom about the situation.

“I ended up talking to my ex’s mom about it and she told me my ex called her and said my ex told her he spent $300 on each kid but only $150 on our kid because he’s ‘too spoiled,'” she explained.

Her ex also justified their son’s smaller budget since he bought him a PS5 in June, which he claimed “counts as his Christmas.”

“His girlfriend doesn’t work so I know it’s all his money going towards the kids, and my ex makes really good money,” she wrote. “His mom is angry about it too but said she doesn’t know what to do about it.”

The poster said the situation made her “so angry” that she spent most of Christmas Day “crying” at the thought of her son watching other kids open gifts while “he has nothing.”

“If I had known this I would’ve told him he can stay with me Christmas and could’ve had stuff to open Christmas morning,” she wrote. “I haven’t spoken to his dad about it yet because I didn’t want to call Christmas Day and start a big fight and cause issues for my kid. It’s been a few days since and I’ve cooled down but it still really bothers me and I’m sure it bothered my son.”

So, she turned to Reddit to ask how to handle the situation, and the vast majority of commenters assured her that she wasn’t overreacting.

“This isn’t about money, it’s about effort. Your son will remember how that felt way longer than the actual gifts,” one person shared. 

“Document, document, document. Every time your ex fails his bio kid, it goes in the file. Once it’s thick enough, file for full custody. If he wants to be an absentee parent, he can be an absentee paycheck instead,” another person suggested.