Winner At A Losing Game

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Finally, after some week and a half, W responded to my email letting her know the mediation is not working and outlining three options for proceeding. She wrote:

My name is on the mortgage so I'm actually willing to pay the mortgage & let you just give me a check for child support if you'd rather. Didn't I give you a check for May for $___ for my part of the mortgage? I wish you would cash them so I will know what my bank balance is supposed to be. I don't know what kind of cruel game you are playing now.
By the way. In July a judge will decide on the custody issue. I will present the separation agreement & you can get a lawyer to do you one if you want & argue for you that being with you 7 days & me 7days is in their best interest. I think 5 should be the maximum. I will abide by the judges ruling.
Honestly, your paranoid attitude does nothing to convince me that any of us are better off with you.

I have chuckled at the hypocrisy of the "paranoid" comment. Other than that I haven't made a lot of sense of what she means when she attempts to communicate with me ( How in the world did we get so wildly out-of-synch with each other? We used to be able to read each other's thoughts.)

But I guess she is opting for the third, more costly option, which is to go into an expensive court battle. She wants to risk going before a judge to make such an important decision. Maybe she doesn't realize that we are both likely to lose by such a decision.

Sad to say, I guess it's time to let the L do the talking.