Oh, we have a parenting agreement alright. It just doesn't adequately cover some of the insanity we get into with xW, obviously. I think that was where the parenting coordinator (PC) was thought to come in.
Hindsight being 20/20, I think xW was just spoiling for a fight with me, and I was fool enough to give it to her. I think she relished the chance to verbally insult me and put me down. I'm going to have to remember that from now on and completely avoid any conversation by voice with her that is more than a sentence or two. I'm not afraid of her but I think it best I not allow myself to become angry enough to shout back at her (I'm sealed up alone in my car and with a cellphone when this took place today.)
I am considering your recommendation. I might also need to get back into Martial Arts to burn off a little of this excess stress -- but then I realize it's not nearly as bad as it once was. If xW and I don't speak to each other when she's like that (which is all too often), I will be fine.
