Ex is using kids to get back at me
She's been "forgetting" to have them ready on my pickup days and when I text about it she says I never confirmed the time. I have screenshots of every single agreement but this is
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She's been "forgetting" to have them ready on my pickup days and when I text about it she says I never confirmed the time. I have screenshots of every single agreement but this is
Just wanted to post something positive for once. My ex and I had a really rough first year after the split. Lot of anger and frustration on both sides. But we've been using that co
We've been separated for a month and my wife and I finally agreed on custody terms. Now we have to sit down and tell them together. My kids are 6 and 9. I'm terrified of messing th
Got a message from my ex saying she got a job offer in Denver and wants to relocate with the boys. Currently we have 50/50 custody and I see them every other week plus Wednesdays.
This is the third time this month. She's supposed to pick up the kids at 5pm on Friday and doesn't show until 630 or 7. I have plans, they get confused, and it's messing with our s
My 6 year old came home yesterday and repeated some pretty negative stuff about me that clearly came from his mom's side of the family. He said things like 'mom says you don't care
Just wanted to post something positive for once. We've been going back and forth on child support for 8 months and it was getting ugly. Finally agreed to try mediation last month a
So my ex texts me out of the blue saying she needs to swap weekends every other month because of her new job. We've had the same schedule for 2 years and the kids are doing great w
This has been going on for 3 months now. Every other Friday I'm supposed to pick up the kids at 5pm and she's consistently 15-30 minutes late. Last week it was almost an hour. I've
After 8 months of back and forth with lawyers we finally signed off on 50/50 custody with alternating weeks. Yeah it cost us way more money than either of us wanted to spend but at
Holidays are coming up and I'm dreading it. We have two kids ages 8 and 11. Right now I have them on odd years for Christmas but the kids asked if they could just do Christmas morn
My wife and I have decided to separate and we have three kids ages 7, 9, and 12. We want to tell them together and not make it ugly but honestly I'm terrified. We're planning to si
Working through separation right now and trying to figure out what's fair for custody. I work 9-5 Monday through Friday and want to be involved as much as possible. My lawyer sugge
This is driving me insane. My ex keeps texting last minute to switch weekends or keep the kids past pickup time. I get that life happens but I plan my whole schedule around these k
Small win but wanted to celebrate it. We've been divorced 8 months now and things have been pretty tense. This week we only texted about logistics, kept it all business, no drama.
This is driving me crazy. We agreed on Thursdays at 6pm for pickups but she's been showing up at 5:30 or sometimes 7:15. When I ask about it she says I'm being rigid and controllin
Wanted to post something positive for once. My ex and I had our worst year last year but we finally got into a groove. We have a shared calendar, text updates, and honestly laugh t
Had the hardest conversation with my 5 year old yesterday. He asked straight up why mommy and daddy don't live in the same house. I kept it simple, told him it's not his fault and
Just got a job offer that would mean moving an hour away. New position pays 30% more which would actually help with child support, but it would make my 50/50 split way harder to ma
Just got the text that she's looking at jobs and places further out. Our current agreement is we both stay within the school district. I don't want to be that guy but if she moves