Kat Stickler Defends Introducing Ex Jason Tartick to Daughter MK

Kat Stickler doesn’t remorse introducing ex-boyfriend Jason Tartick to her 4-year-old daughter, MK earlier than their break up.

“In gentle of present occasions, it has come to my consideration that a few of you might be involved with the truth that I launched MK to the person I used to be courting, and that relationship is now no extra,” Stickler, 29, started through social media on Monday, October 14. “So I assumed, ‘ what? Let’s have a chat about it.’ As a result of I believe it’s vital. I believe it must be mentioned.”

With out naming Tartick, 35, Stickler famous that her former boyfriend had frolicked with MK. She identified that MK had additionally met Stickler’s “male associates” and “the husbands of my girlfriends.”

“Three issues, she’s at all times with me when these males are launched in her life, and they’re at all times launched as mommy’s associates,” Stickler defined. “She doesn’t name anybody dad. She has a dad that’s by no means a degree of confusion for her, and I promise you guys, she is OK.” (MK’s dad is Kat’s ex-husband Mike Stickler, to whom she was married from 2019 to 2021.)

Kat famous that the “web courting timeline could be very completely different from actual life courting timeline.” She added, “I used to be in a relationship the place we have been heading down a critical route till we weren’t, and that’s OK.”

“I simply hope that MK is aware of I’m trying to discover the precise associate for the each of us, as a result of we’re a package deal deal,” she continued. “And I do know I don’t at all times make the precise choice, however I study from my errors and each choice that I do make, it’s as a result of it’s what I believe is greatest for my daughter and I.”

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I do know that it doesn’t matter what I say folks will nonetheless have one thing to say, however I simply needed to say my piece

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Kat famous that she’s 29 years previous, whereas quipping that she thinks her followers will name her a “youthful Angel,” after they discover out her age. “That’s not what that is about. Additionally, nobody’s ever stated that, however I do know some folks assume that,” she joked.

“A giant half for somebody who dates me is that they’ve to come back into my world,” she stated. “And I do know that’s not straightforward.”

Kat defined that she “can’t go away Florida,” the place she and MK stay. “If somebody comes to go to me, I can’t simply shove MK within the cabinet,” she quipped. “Doesn’t matter what you guys say, it’s simply not proper.”

“Think about if all of us listened to the judgments that different folks had about our lives and based mostly our life choices on these judgments,” she continued. “I by no means wish to stay in worry of not doing what’s proper for me due to what different individuals are going to assume.”

Kat famous that she loves that “the bulk” of her followers are “looking” for her and MK. “Simply be affected person with me, as a result of this can be a lot I do know, my little one,” she concluded. “I do know that each single choice I make is along with her greatest curiosity on the forefront of my thoughts and I can stay with that. So, that’s all.”

Kat captioned the add, “I do know that it doesn’t matter what I say folks will nonetheless have one thing to say, however I simply needed to say my piece [sic].”

Two days earlier than the put up, Kat and Tartick each confirmed they went their separate methods after a number of months; they made their romance Instagram official in Might. Kat shared the information first, sharing a video through her Instagram.

“With two back-to-back hurricanes, I clearly didn’t assume it was the precise time to speak about my private life,” Kat stated on Saturday, October 12. “Loads of you will have already guessed, and sure, Jason and I’ve damaged up. It was amicable. It simply didn’t work. I don’t wish to speak about it. Simply needed to let you know.”

She added, “I perceive that with posting a relationship on-line, you even have to point out this facet [and] the aftermath. … I simply needed to let you know guys, and it’s not love wasted. I really feel like generally it’s really easy to assume when a relationship ends that the love was wasted however love isn’t wasted. That’s all I’ve to say.”

Tartick shared a separate assertion through his Instagram Story on Saturday. “I’m unhappy to share that Kat and I are now not collectively,” Tartick wrote. “It’s truthful to say that I like laborious with all my coronary heart and fall quick. Generally in life that works out and different instances, it doesn’t. This time it didn’t.”

He continued, “Kat has introduced me a lot happiness and lightweight, she introduced out elements of me I by no means knew existed. I’ll without end be glad about her and, after all [her daughter] candy MK. This chapter closes amicably, and one other opens.”

Tartick famous that he’ll “be rooting” for Kat’s “happiness” sooner or later, whereas including, “I’m additionally rooting for mine.”