Good points Drew, muchly appreciated.

I have been treating my W the way I would expect to be treated myself. If she chooses to be nasty or cold, that is her choice but I do not want to let her actions dictate my own. It's true, I have allowed her to dictate things in our R since she's been gone (something I thought was necessary since I was a big time controller when we were together) but I can no longer allow her to do that when it comes to our kids.

I have avoided bringing up lawyers with her because I, ME, MYSELF, do not want to go there if at all possible. I am steadily being pushed by her into having no choice but to go the legal route but I want to be able to look back 10 years from now and know that I have her every opportunity to not have things happen that way.


Me-40,W-37
D7, D5, S3
Separated Oct 3/2013
T 11 YRS
M 7 YRS