I got a weird suggestion from W this morning. She suggested that I take S7 and S3 with me to my Bible study tonight and then bring them back to the house tonight thereafter. She said that since I want more time with them this would afford me an additional evening to spend with them, to break up the long stretch between custody of them.
But then in almost the same breath she said she could take a Tuesday evening to break up the long stretch when she doesn't have them (she said Wednesday but she gets that already right now, so she had to mean another night during the week I have custody.)
Cuckoo. Again she defies logic, even her own twisted logic from days before.
First of all, she has long since rejected my proposal that we go to a 2-2-3 parenting schedule (which would be 50-50, by-the-way) since she says that S7 (as a "special-needs child") has problems with transitions and needs as much continuity as possible. 2-2-3 would be too disruptive. She also rejected the mediator's every other weekend and every other Wednesday plan for the same reason. That's why I suggested a 7-7 schedule.
But now she's willing to essentially abrogate that constraint? Why? I ask myself.
I think many of you can guess, just as I have, that she wouldn't be suggesting this alteration for my benefit whatsoever, nor for Liam and Nathan's benefit either. Not for one second. She would never admit anything, but I suspect she is the one who is "suffering" the long stretch of having two hyper-active boys in her custody for nine days straight. More to the point, I think she is realizing the distinct disadvantage of having nearly twice the custody of our sons over me in that she is not free for nine days straight to "see" her boyfriend. She don't like denying herself is what I'm getting at.
So now she wants to make it seem like she's doing me a favor? But then she turns around and tries to nullify it by taking away one of my evenings with them.
Part of me is inclined to agree just to set a precedent that we can introduce more transitions into the equation with little to no ill repercussions. But the other half of me is not sympathetic to her desire to have more frequent contact with her illicit "friend" -- on that I say tough cookies! (I have been celibate for 392 days now -- and she can't go for a simple 9-day stretch?!?)
