She must be seeing a lawyer...what now?

[Awoken]

I've got some things on my mind, and I need to post them.

When I picked up D17 tonight, she confided in me that S13 and W had a big fight Sunday. I've only got the bare outlines of what happened. D17 knows I don't want her in the middle.

W had started drinking again, and both kids noticed that she was drunk. She wanted to know who they thought should have the house. We S13 told her that he thought I should stay in the house because I work there, that's when the yelling started. Once mom started yelling S13 confronted her about the drinking, and told her he didn't want to talk her when she is like that. D17 came down when she heard the yelling, and tried to intervene.

At one point, W asked them if they would prefer she was out of their lives. D17 told her that would be much worse than just the divorce, and of course they want her in their lives. They want 50/50 custody. W said I was telling them to say these things, and both kids got very angry at her and corrected her, basically standing up for me. I hate that they need to do that.

They eventually made some peace, calming mom down.

Now, I'm hearing all this second hand. Still, when we meet to discuss the D, this kinda of stuff has to be addressed. Both the drinking and her meds are a factor.