Just found out she already filed

[ClingingToHope]

That was a pretty good message you sent. I remember early in our separation D11 had a very bad day at school and I handled it. I never said anything to STBXW and when D11 mentioned it a couple of days later STBXW went ballistic, accusing me of hiding things.

I was acting like we were still together and keeping the stress out of STBXW's day.

The only thing I would have dropped is the part of "if you're not too busy."

On the mediation thing. How prepared are you financially for this? I was ready to fight, fight, fight. Then I thought about how much money I could blow in an uphill fight and an uncertain outcome.

Now, I'm hoping to smooth it along since she'll owe me money. I'd rather not blow what I'm going to get on attorneys fees.