Going straight forward...antlers 6th thread.

[antlers]

Hey Gardener.

Haven't seen my oldest daughter in nearly 3 months (she's W's daughter from a previous marriage, and I've been the only dad she's ever known since she was 2 y/o). It hurts. My youngest daughter, 13 y/o, continues to be very mean and disrespectful...and I load her up and take her back to her mom's whenever she's that way. My son, 12 y/o, has spent lots of time with me recently. He didn't want to go back to his mom's last time, so he stayed with me the 3 nights he was supposed to be with her...he's been with me for 7 nights in a row now! He's supposed to go back with her tonight. He and I have been doing pretty good over the last week. He still has issues, but I'm responding to them differently than I have in the past. Incidentally, she was pissed that he wanted to stay with me...she even threatened to call the police! She even threatened me with her lawyer! I told her to take her threats and shove em'! I made it clear that my priorities are our kids and their well-being. Son has talked with her several times and she has quit sending me nastygrams. I haven't asked him what's going on over there either, if anything...I figured he'd tell me when he felt comfortable doing so. We've spent lots of QT together over the past week. I feel pretty good about the interactions between he and I over the past week.