Hey KP,
Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your suggestions and support.
I am mostly concerned about my kids these days. Interacting with their father has become an ongoing trauma. Arguments inevitably occur. We all need to work on doing things better in relation to this.

Interestingly, out of nowhere last night, the kids got credit put back on their phones (2 weeks after they let him know they had run out).

D17 received a FB message saying Hi, How was school today?

She was conflicted and didn't want to reply. She has not been at school for 2 weeks as it is swat vac / exam time for her, but XH is too disconnected from the kids' lives to know/remember.

I encouraged her to reply to him this morning, thanking him for the credit. She was resistant, so don't know if I'm doing the wrong thing...

He is exhibiting a pattern of doing something horrible, running away and into NC for a while, and then coming back and acting as if nothing ever happened.