And today, the roller coaster takes a dive. I called my boys last night and found out that W was working late, which I don't believe, and the boys were home alone. They are old enough, but I'm sure the just sat on the computer all night.
A similar situation happened with my kids. We have 50-50 custody (weekly). Our agreement during W's weeks is the kids come to my house after school and then go to her house when she gets home (D16 drives, so she takes S10 over there with her). After S, W made an effort to be home by 6:00 every evening on the weeks she has the kids. 6:00 turned to 6:30, then 7:00, then 7:30. Now it's not unusual for her to get home at 9:00. Did I mention she goes to OM's house after work to "pick up her dog"? Um, yeah. Anyway, I started leaving for work early so I could be home by 5:00. What do you think the kids would rather do, be at my house doing stuff with me or sitting in W's empty house wondering when she'll get home? You guessed it.
What I'm trying to say is your wife is crapping in her own bed. It's between her and the kids, you shouldn't try to intervene. If she keeps doing it they will eventually get tired of it and figure out themselves how to spend that time with you. Leave her to her mistakes, she's going to make plenty.
