The adventure continues--the saga

[AFWAW]

That is why you need to ask her if she is going to get mad and shut off the electricity to the house, the water, cable, etc. And you have the funds to take care of everything as a single dad until you can get a court order for CS, correct? Expect no help at all for a minimum of 2-3 months but expect it to take about 6 months. Your lawyer might be able to give you a more realistic time frame.

I thought about this one the way home and I told me daughter if this was the case we would simply grab some clothes and go to a hotel for the night, no big deal. I do have the funds to take care of everything at this point. If she doesn't want to pay CS, no big, that's on her.

How will your daughter call you tomorrow if she needs you, the only parent she can count on right now as her mother has left her?

She has my work number--I cannot take my cell into my building anyway.

I know it may appear sneaky or against your nature when dealing with your W but you have to do a mental pause X right now and accept that she is not your wife and do whatever you have to to protect yourself, your money, your property, your job, as that is what takes care of your daughter. You can always redo any settlement when she (your D) is married or supporting herself...until then your W is not your partner in life taking care of this girl...you are on your own.

Yeah, that's a hard one to swallow but you're right and I'm doing my best to think that way.

Great job. You are reacting well so far...again, no drinking, no booze in house, never get in an argument with your wife, treat every phone call as it is recorded, and emails, nothing she tells you is the truth, half of what she does is real if you watch her do it.

Thanks, funny, she called at 515 this morning and I let the machine get it. She wanted to talk to me about a movie night at her apartment for our daughter--yeah, ok, sure. I got my daughter up and told her that her mom called. She said ok. I told her that I'm going to get my shower and if her mom calls and wants to talk to me tell her I'll call her on my way to work on my cell phone--ha!

And, no I didn't sleep that well last night as pumped up as I am, I would still rather have my family intact