Introducing girlfriend to kids - timeline?
6 months in with Sarah and it's getting serious. My kids (11 and 13) have NO idea she exists yet. They still think I'm just "going out with friends" on her weekends. I know I'm bei
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6 months in with Sarah and it's getting serious. My kids (11 and 13) have NO idea she exists yet. They still think I'm just "going out with friends" on her weekends. I know I'm bei
She got a job offer in Seattle and wants to relocate with the kids. Our custody agreement says mutual agreement required for moves over 50 miles. Obviously I don't agree because th
We've been separated for 8 months now. I keep giving the same answer—"mommy and daddy love you but don't love each other anymore"—but last week he asked again and literally started
Court order came through yesterday. I have the kids (4, 7, 10) 5 days a week now. Their mom has them every other weekend due to... reasons I don't need to get into. I'm terrified
My 6yo asked me this morning if mommy and daddy would "be a family again." Divorce was finalized 18 months ago and we've both moved on. He seems to understand it logically but I th
At my place I'm doing 8:30pm bedtime for my 6yo. At mom's house apparently he's going to bed at 10pm sometimes. Kid is exhausted, cranky, harder to manage when he comes back to me.
Remember I posted like 6 months ago about having the kids during that freeze and our heat going out? Well, full circle moment: my ex's place lost power last week during custody tim
Okay so the custody order says "alternate major holidays" but my ex and I have never actually agreed on what that means in practice. She thinks she should have Christmas morning be
So I have my kids (7, 9, 12) Mon-Wed and every other weekend. The problem is my ex keeps pushing swaps last minute because of her work stuff. Last week she asked me to take them on
Current setup is every other weekend plus one weeknight dinner. Kids are 6, 9, and 12. I work in tech so I've got flexibility in the summer and was thinking about proposing I get t
My 4yo asked this yesterday and I completely fumbled it. Just said "because mommy and daddy live in different places" and changed the subject. He seemed confused. How do you even e
Started seeing someone about 3 months ago. Things are getting pretty serious (like, she's met my parents serious). My kids are 11 and 13. They're with me 60% of the time. I haven'
So my kids came back last week talking about how "mom's boyfriend is way cooler than dad" and how he took them to Topgolf. Cool for them, genuinely. But then my son mentioned he co
Does your ex expect you to pay half of summer camp costs? My ex just registered our 9yo without asking and sent me an invoice for half. We split big expenses but I wasn't consulted
Asking for a friend... but not really lol. Been dating someone for 4 months, nothing serious yet, but my 11yo daughter asked why she was at pickup last week. My ex immediately text
Tried Coparently for 2 months and noped out. The UI is terrible, it's slow, and worst part - my ex figured out how to screenshot our messages and use them out of context in our med
We agreed on the shopping center parking lot by Target in our custody agreement. My ex keeps wanting to do handoffs at her new apartment or at the kids' school. Like, I get it, it'
Transition days are just the worst at my house. My kids (7 and 10) get weird and argumentative, they're never ready when I pick them up, they fight about what to bring, it's just c
Been dating Sarah for 8 months now and I have my kids (11, 14, 16) this coming weekend. My ex doesn't know about Sarah yet and honestly I've been hesitant to introduce her because
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