Text messages....get lost. I disagree. I've been going back through months of them for my L and she never sent what she told D she did.
My part? DS said years ago, "Mom spoils us but dad takes care of us." X has always been very involved in her business and her boyfriend/now husband. I've always taken the kids every chance I got, have had them much more than 50% of the time (X went to Mexico last summer on "her" week and was going to leave them with a house sitter. I took them that week instead.
I may have underestimated the impact of my marriage on my kids (X married when they were still very young) and would have pursued counseling if I had known problems might occur.
"Fear is the mind-killer" Muad'Dib Me 53, XW 44, DD 14, DS 12 Bomb and OM 12/15/06 Separated 01/02/07 Divorced 05/13/08 X married OM(OMH) 08/2009 Married 06/09/13