Every parent wants to feel confident about who their children are spending time with.

So when one father’s ex girlfriend introduced a new boyfriend and started having the kids stay overnight, he decided to run a background check to make sure this new guy was on the up and up.

What he found wasn’t alarming — but his ex-girlfriend’s reaction was.

Read on for the full story.

AITA for running a background check?

I (M) have two children with my ex. I am the primary physical custody parent.

My ex recently moved in with her boyfriend and has the kids overnight every other weekend.

This gave him some pause, so he did his due diligence to make sure this guy was trustworthy.

Since I do not know this boyfriend, and since my kids would be spending the night in a one-bedroom duplex with him and my ex-wife, I wanted to assure myself that the guy was on the up and up.

So, I searched public records for the guy’s name and googled him.

But when they found out, they weren’t pleased at all.

My ex-wife and her boyfriend are apparently mad that I did this, and I personally cannot see any harm in doing so — especially since my kids will be there overnight.

Nothing I found in Googling and looking at the public court records raised any alarms for me, and I told her that I did that.

She says I crossed a boundary and that I should have trusted that she screened the guy — but it’s my kids.

So Reddit, AITA?

Apparently peace of mind comes at a price.

What did Reddit think?

Maybe this father should have kept this background check under wraps.

No good could have ever come from stirring up unnecessary drama.

There’s no reason this father shouldn’t do his due diligence, especially when it comes to the safety of his children.

It’s time to use a little more discretion with these matters.

His ex-girlfriend called his actions invasive, but he just called it good parenting.

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