AITA for telling my ex too bad and she has to sell her house?

Divorce is never easy, but one thing my ex and I always managed to keep stable was our kids’ lives. We lived just a mile apart, shared 50/50 custody, and both stayed involved. But when she and her new husband decided to buy a house 35 miles away, everything I worked to preserve for my kids was suddenly on the chopping block. What she thought was a simple adjustment turned into a battle over parenting, priorities, and a $100K mistake.

A Co-Parenting Balance That Worked

The Sudden Plan to Uproot Everything

“None of Your Business” — Until It Was

The Custody Bombshell

The $100K Mistake

The Fake Friendliness Revealed

Let’s dive into what the Reddit jury has to say.

At the end of the day, I wasn’t trying to punish her or make her life difficult — I was protecting the custody arrangement that keeps me equally present in my children’s lives. If she and her husband want the shiny new house, that’s their decision. But my kids are not bargaining chips, and I refuse to let distance — or traffic — turn me into a weekend dad.