Trigger warning : suicide
Someone I worked with, her brother ended his life when he was refused access to his kids. They split because she cheated on him and although hurt, he remained amicable for the 2 children they had together. Everything was fine until he moved on and found himself a new girlfriend. She stopped contact, she moved to a new area and put kids in a new school without telling him, made accusations against him and his girlfriend which we're untrue. He went through courts and was awarded access but she would mess him around such as not being home or answering her phone when he would collect them, she would pick them up from school early on the days he was meant to collect them so he couldn't have them, really nasty spiteful woman she was. This went on for a few years where she would let him have access one week for a few hours and then the next week she said he couldn't have them, always on her terms and he went along with it to keep her happy and for wanting to see his kids. He went months without seeing them, was back and for to the courts and even sold his house and downsized to pay for solicitor fees. In the end she mentally and emotionally broke him, the final straw was being made redundant and feeling like he had lost everything. Any woman or man who uses there child as a weapon against the other parent are just evil! I'm sorry but every child deserves a relationship with both parents unless there are reasons such as dv etc. She's not spiting aaron it's those poor kids I feel sorry for stuck in the middle of these childish petty games over who can out do each other first