Every single day my ex is sending me texts about what the kids ate, what they wore to school, stuff that honestly doesn't matter to me. I want to be involved but this feels excessive. We're supposed to communicate about big stuff but this feels like she's trying to control everything. How do I set boundaries without being the bad guy?
I feel you man. My ex does the exact same thing. Like, I appreciate updates but do I really need to know what socks she wore? I started setting boundaries and told her to just hit me with the important stuff - health things, schedule changes, that kind of thing. Everything else can wait till pickup.
This drove me absolutely nuts when I was dealing with it. I finally told her we could do a weekly check-in call instead of constant texts. Saved my sanity and actually gave us better communication about what actually matters.
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Oof, the constant texting. I get updates about everything from my ex and honestly most of it I find out about when the kids tell me anyway. You're not alone in this one.