Tomorrow is a New Day

[mamabird]

I feel for you. H wants you to pack for him, photo copy his crap and be nice about it and then won't compromise when you mention, hey buddy, you're going to be gone for 6 weekends in a row. Not good. I am sure you feel horribly unappreciated and powerless.

This is a tough one. You're trying to be nice, but the nicer you are, the more BS he comes up with. This is happening in my house too. Do you think he's trying to get YOU to pull the D trigger by being such a jerk that you can't stand it? It's also unfortunate that D16 has to be right in the middle of it.

People have been saying on my thread that I have to stand up for myself. I was totally an advocate of being nice but it's not working that well for me. If you do stand up for yourself and demand that he give up one weekend, he might call you a B and selfish and whatever else, but he's really not being fair and anyone would agree with that.

What do you think? I think you'll lose respect for yourself if you don't push back. Read my thread if you want some encouragement.

Yesterday I was totally at the breaking point too. Sometimes it just does not seem worth it.