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Mother refuses to pick up ex's 8-year-old daughter with another woman while she's picking up her son, the daughter is left waiting at school until 7 pm: 'I didn't sign up for this'

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    AITA for not picking up my ex's daughter from school when I picked up our son?

    Mom picking up son from school
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    Ex cheated on me when I was pregnant with our son (8) and because of this he has a daughter (8) with his affair partner, now
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    wife. We are not on good terms and I do not have a relationship with my ex's daughter. I have never spoken a word to her or
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    spent any significant time in her presence. Ex and I split custody (50-50) of our son.
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    Little girl at school
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    Two weeks ago I got a call from the school during his custody time stating nobody had picked our son up from school and
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    asking if I would. When I got to the school my ex's daughter was also there and the teacher was with her. She told me I was on the
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    approved list for pick up for ex's daughter and would I take both kids. I said no and I told her I did not want to be on the list as I
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    would never pick the other child up from school. She told me she would pass the word along and it would be taken care of and I had
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    to call to follow up on this. My ex never told me he or his wife added me to the authorized pickup list for his daughter.
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    When he realized I had not picked up his daughter with our son he was furious. He asked me how I could leave her behind
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    Divorce papers
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    when I would have our son unplanned anyway. I told him via our parenting app that I picked up our son as I would always do if
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    needed but his daughter is not my child and I will not be their emergency school pickup.
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    According to him my ex's daughter was there until 7 because I refused to pick her up with our son. She's a child and I
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    understand that's not ideal. I don't feel bad per say but I wonder if I would be considered an a hole for being unwilling to do it this once? This is not
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    something I want to be a regular thing and it's the first time it ever happened. Ex's wife was apparently delayed out of town and ex was working. AITA?

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