Ken, you are right in not wanting your 2.5 year old daughter passed around four times per week! She needs consistency right now, my STBX and I have a weekly schedule where I get the girls one week, she the next. Of course, our girls are older than your daughter. Please remember through all this to keep the needs of you daughter paramount, it's hard to do when you're hurting. It does suck to know that you're the saver and she the spender yet you have to give her half what you saved. Sadly, that's the way the ballgame gets played. Do what you can to put a damper on resentment as it will eat you alive. Say "this sucks" and let it go! Btw, congrats on holding your ground, it feels good doesn't it!