Her sister was married about a year after us and divorced two years before us. She is now remarried and has two step children, but none of her own. I have met her new husband and we get along really well, his kids are great too. I truly have no problems with any of them at all -- truth be told part of me still misses her sister a lot - we got along very well.
I don't think that XW meant anything by it - she clearly did not know the guard rails that we have to stay in. I guess that's why I didn't snap or anything (I never do) - I just firmly stood my position. I think I get frustrated sometimes because I feel as if I am the only one that ever bothered to read and abide by the divorce agreement. I know this will sound snarky, so I apologize in advance - but when it comes to $$$ and what she is owed - she knows exactly what is going on. In matters of custody and parenting time - she seems lost....hence she thought she had Thanksgiving this year up until two days before, hence she didn't have time for him and gave him to her sister...and so on. It think I am further frustrated by the amount of time she assumed was OK to take him for the Holidays - 12/25 through 1/5. I mean, that is LITERALLY his entire Christmas break from pre-school...all of it....zero consideration for dad at all. What's more is that she felt SLIGHTED when I wouldn't let it happen this year. Almost as if me giving her my time was an expectation....an entitelment. I think that is why my level of sensitivity around parenting time is heightened right now. I feel as though as far as his time with me goes she views me as an afterthought.
