When parents split up, children often go back and forth between their mom’s house and their dad’s house. This means bringing some of their belongings with them to and from each house.
In today’s story, one dad found a way to make sure his ex-wife knows which clothes he bought for their daughter, and his method is driving his ex-wife crazy.
Now the dad is wondering if he should stop marking his daughter’s clothes.
Let’s see how the story unfolds…
AITAH for Writing my daughter’s name or initials in her clothes?
So I (M26) write my daughter’s (F5) name or initials on all the clothes I buy her so when she goes to her mother’s (F26)house, her mother can’t say she didn’t get any clothes from my house and keep the clothes.
I know this sounds petty, but I started doing it after my ex started getting mad that I was keeping clothes she got our daughter.
His ex doesn’t like that he’s writing in the clothes.
So I made sure she got every clothes that she said was missing, and started writing in my daughter’s clothes.
Like just on her tags or something easy to spot so no one gets confused.
My ex recently started getting mad at me for doing this.
But I pointed out that this helps us not confuse clothes and everyone gets their outfits back since that matters.
OP wonders if writing in his daughter’s clothes is wrong or not.
I’ll only write in the clothes I get my daughter, and if my ex sends her in clothes that don’t belong here, I wash them and I’ll either send my daughter back in those or I’ll put them in her backpack and let my ex know.
Short but I do need to know reddit, AITAH?
I think it’s smart to come up with an easy way to differentiate between the clothes the dad buys and the clothes the mom buys.
Let’s see how Reddit reacted…
This reader thinks OP should defend his decision by making it about him.
Another reader thinks his ex will be upset no matter what he does.
This reader agrees that OP isn’t doing anything wrong.
This person thinks OP’s method will be helpful in the future.
Here’s a different perspective…
It’s really too bad the parents are arguing about who bought what clothes.
I feel sorry for the little girl.
If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.