Hope is the thing with feathers....

[Bridgestone]

Bridge,
I've been lurking around since I moved over here to Big D. Figured it's time to chime in and make myself known.

Hi.. gardener... thanks for stopping by & making yourself known! I appreciate another friend stopping by my corner of this quirky neighborhood.

Glad you got a good deal with Mediation. Me, not so much, but I can live with it. I'm not a fan of Mediation now, since you are side-by-side, face-to-face with spouse throughout. And the same old dynamics and emotions hang over it and cloud it every step of the way, imo.

Actually our mediator didn't 'mediate'.. he legalized what we brought him...I was NOT impressed with this guys skills. He would be good if 2 parties at gotten to an impasse, through traditional mehtods of lawyer vs. lawyer...but he was NOT the typical "tell me about your positions & 'why' you think that.. in order to build consensus from two people committed to finding a common ground.

There were plenty of late night, all day long phone calls with my STbX.. hammering things out. Thankfully, it was 600 miles apart.. we spent less than 6 hours side-by-side in the mediators office... but I can undestand why it could be difficult.

Good Luck.
Endure.
And peace to you.

thanks.. back at ya.. & stop back anytime!
Bridge