Remember.. this is the same mother who ignobly ignores her children. This is the same woman who's moaned about the near occasion of paying alimony even before having a lawyer. This is a woman who may be feeling the financial pinch of impulsive major expenditures.
And you are the same guy who likes to fix, who likes to protect.
Maybe she does have a wacky lawyer who's out of control. And unless she pulls back her pit bull then how much different would the settlement be?
My lawyer always told me to listen but make no agreements. You went out of your way in a down homey manner to provide an opportunity for dialog. Yet she still is your adversary. She still has an agenda that has not changed.
And the round and round dance y'all have continues.