Forgiveness

[2thepoint]

My son has been in so much trouble at school lately (behaviour and schoolwork) that his teachers and counselor and vice principal all wanted to meet collectively with my son, his mother, and I. They contacted she and I last week by e-mail and requested that we meet today. Meeting time was set at 9:35 to 10:25. They said in the e-mail that they felt it was important that our son "see that we are a united front and that we are extremely concerned about him."

I agreed and looked forward to the meeting. This morning right before the meeting was to start, the vice principal informed me that she had just received communication from Ex that she didn't want to do it the way they had planned. She didn't want my son, she , and I to do the meeting at the same time. She wanted separate meetings...one that included me, and one that included her. Son was supposed to be there at 9:35 but was AWOL. He never showed up. They even paged him overhead throughout the school.

I know I'm a little late to the parade but wanted to circle back to the school meeting. First, your Ex's behavior was immature, irresponsible and inconsiderate.

Having said that, do you think that the note you sent your W clarifying...."Hey, when I say 'working on this together' Ex, I didn't mean as in, 'in person'. I mean cooperation...more open communication about our kids...and presenting a united front after we discuss things. Hope I wasn't unclear." had any effect on her decision to not want to meet with you and the school officials?

I'm just wondering if she got scared off by the clarifying note. She never did respond did she?

Anyway, as I said before, you'll need to keep going back to the well again and again and eventually she'll come around.