And it’s already beginning..

I will admit, I’m a very “I do what I want” type person

I hate being told no or that I can’t do something

But I told myself I would make an effort to co-parent respectfully.

But here comes our first like “parent” argument.

Like our first argument that involves our son.

And it’s not really an argument

I just want to throw it out there.

Like we are just discussing it right now but we are both on different sides if that makes sense.

Anyways,

There’s this reptile zoo in our area (the in our area is subjective ig lol) and it just got a two headed turtle.

Idk if our son would be interested in going, but he seems really interested in animals, especially fish. Reptiles would be a little iffy because they don’t really move and you kind of have to look for them. I would still like to take him just to see how he’d react, but I also would like to see these damn turtles.

My sons dad said he wouldn’t be going

He apparently doesn’t like reptiles and snakes and stuff and doesn’t think he, himself, would enjoy it.

I said okay

Like if he doesn’t want to go, he doesn’t have to.

But then he told me that if he doesn’t go that our son can’t go either.

And that I would have to go on this trip by myself.

I really want to bring our son with me and see how he would do.

He said it’s bc it’s an hour drive and if something happened he wouldn’t be able to get to us.

If it was a 10 minute drive he wouldn’t be able to get to us. He doesn’t have a car rn, his just took a shit. And even if his car didn’t take a shit, when I was pregnant, my cars tired blew while I was driving. I called him and called him and he never answered. It literally was 10 minutes away.

I got home after my grandpa helped me put a new tire on and he was just in the garage smoking.

So I really think him saying I can’t take my son bc it’s too far and he wouldn’t be able to get to us is a shit excuse.

Like I don’t understand why I can’t enjoy something with our son just because he doesn’t like it.

And I don’t want to just disregard what he’s saying bc I want to parent with him respectfully, but at the same time I think this is bullshit