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Some background: I’m a divorced father of two who’s about to get remarried to an amazing woman. I divorced my ex about four years ago, and custody has always been a point of contention between us. Eventually, my ex decided that if I ever wanted to do something with the kids that was on her time, I had to ask her first.

So, once a year, our church invites all the men to go on a little road trip to see a basketball game. I took my son last year, and we had a fun time. He got a signed basketball and he got to shoot a free throw (which he made). I wanted to take him again this year, but it turns out that the date falls on one of my ex’s weekends. I figured “Okay, I’ll ask him if he wants to go and then ask her if he says he does.” So, I call him, and he says wants to go. Thing is, he goes to ask his mom before I can, so I get an angry e-mail asking me what the hell I think I’m doing. I explain, and she claims that I’m being a manipulative bully. Then, when my kids come over, they tell me that she told my son he couldn’t go because of something that I did.

TL;DR I asked my son if he wanted to go to a basketball game that happens to be when he’s with his mom, she gets mad at me and says he can’t go because I was being a being a bully.