I'm so glad you told your family BBJ. They are your support system and you need them. An extended family is a blessing from God in that respect.
I'm definitely on the same bandwagon with Ali. Don't buy things for the kids to do with Dan. If the kids ask if they can get something to do with Dan, gently tell them that they will need to ask their daddy for that. Kids have remarkably short memories when it comes to these things. They won't hold it against you and it will either force Dan to think of his kids and their needs, or it will cause more separation between them. Either way, it is good in the long run.
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!