Mom Urged to Block Ex's New Girlfriend Who's 'Obsessed' With Her Toddler

A mom has been urged to block her ex's new girlfriend on social media, amid claims she's "obsessed" with her toddler.

The mom took to Mumsnet, under username Machinimiacrinj, to vent her anger, revealing she has young daughter who lives with her.

The post, which can be read here, was entitled "ex's girlfriend is obsessed with my toddler who she's never met," and has amassed 120 responses.

It was first penned in April, when her daughter was 2 1/2, but has resurfaced on the site as people continued to give advice this week.

Single-parent families have risen over the years to become among the norm, with a study by the Pew Research Center showing the U.S. had the highest percentage out of 130 countries and territories.

Published in 2019, it stated: "Almost a quarter of U.S. children under the age of 18 live with one parent and no other adults (23%), more than three times the share of children around the world who do so (7%)."

In neighboring Canada, they noted that figure was 15 percent, while in the U.K., where the mom is thought to be based, the figure was 21 percent.

The chart below, provided by Statista, shows single parent families.

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In the post, the mom claims her ex has limited contact with their daughter despite her efforts to arrange visitation, saying: "I try to arrange contact and he doesn't turn up."

The mom explained their daughter, who she described as "developmentally delayed," is his only child, saying: "He tells his girlfriends that I'm an evil narcissistic witch who doesn't let him see DD [dear daughter].

"This tends to result in me receiving abuse from the girlfriends. Public Facebook posts accusing me of using DD as a weapon etc. "

She claims his girlfriends have gone as far as to try and get him to seek legal advice over contact: "I was absolutely apoplectic but managed to act calm."

The mom raged that his most recent girlfriend, who has never met their daughter, penned a post online about her.

Sharing information online in the age of social media is almost inevitable, but there are dangers when it comes to children.

Website Family Education warned parents of the downside of sharing, saying: "From embarrassing pictures or videos coming back to haunt your kids through cyberbullying as they grow up, to child predators taking screenshots of photos or finding your child's locations, there are many concerns and potential dangers to consider you post photos or videos of your kids on the internet."

The site underlined sharing any photo online can open it up to the possibility of being accessed by anyone, even if you have "strict privacy settings."

"'Close friends' can share your posts with others you are not connected with. A public account willingly gives your child's information to others," the site said.

While it's not clear if the mom herself was sharing images, the fact she could see the other woman's post meant she wasn't blocked on the platform, which people advised she do immediately.

The mom wrote: "Today I've seen that she's shared a post on Facebook about accepting and understanding special needs kids and she's said 'Love my special girls (insert her own autistic DD's name) and (insert my DD's name).'"

The mom said she was "fuming and have told her so." She debated letting the pair meet, which she assumed was inevitable as her ex's mom, the daughter's grandma, babysits occasionally as they're on good terms.

"WIBU [would I be unreasonable] to now say it isn't happening and that I'm not having Dd meeting this woman? Even if I did, in 6 months he'll be with a different one," she asked.

As the dilemma resurfaced, fellow Mumsnetters stressed the mom should block the other woman online, and questioned why she could still see her social media posts.

KatherineJaneway wrote on Monday: "She's fallen for what he has said hook line and sinker, just like you did. You cannot control what he says about you and what she believes about you, but you can block her on social media (and anyone else who says similar.) Concentrate your energy on what you can control, not what you can't."

ReneBumsWombats commented: "How are you even seeing this? Ignore. Just ignore. It's not your problem. You fell for his s**t so you know how it works and turning up to add to the drama will only give them both what they want. Concentrate on your daughter, the rest isn't your trouble. She'll find out soon enough just like you did."

While PurpleFlower1983 added: "She's been sucked in just like you were, you have the benefit of hindsight. His exes probably looked at you with utter pity when you were pregnant with his child but you obviously thought enough about him to have a child with him at that time. Just block her."

Newsweek was not able to verify the details of the case.