"I divorced over my husband's money issues, but his family wants to hold a baby's first birthday party. What should I do?" [Ask Me Anything]

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'Ask Me Anything' featured a story from a woman who shared her concerns about holding a first birthday party for her child after divorce.

On the 7th episode of KBS JOY's 'Ask Me Anything - Mini Ask Me Anything', the storyteller said, "My first child was born two years into our marriage. However, both my parents' and my husband's families live far away, so I had to raise the baby alone without any family help. So I suggested to my husband that we save up living expenses and education costs in advance. To outsiders, it might have looked like we were on the verge of collapse, but I worked hard to save money for 10 months."

However, when she checked the bank account, some of the money was missing. The storyteller explained, "My husband secretly invested in stocks, claiming he would grow our savings before the baby was born. The baby was born on the due date, and it was difficult to make ends meet on my husband's income alone. Eventually, I returned to work before the baby turned 100 days old. I took care of work, childcare, and household chores equally. We argued every day over money, and when the child turned nine months old, we divorced."

The problem is that the ex-husband's family is demanding a first birthday party for the child. The storyteller said, "We are strangers now, yet they're talking about a party. I don't even want to stand smiling with my ex-husband, and I don't want people who don't know we divorced to find out." She expressed her dilemma: "Is it right to hold a first birthday party for the sake of the child?"

In response, Seo Jang-hoon advised, "You don't have to go yourself. Just send the baby and let the ex-husband's family celebrate the party among themselves." Lee Su-geun also said, "Why are you being burdened just because you're the baby's mother after a divorce? If you had money for a party, why not use it to help with living expenses?"

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