melissa, continued part 2

[melissag]

Thanks, Gabby. The problem with the person he suggested is that she is a person who will say things like, "you should make the goodbye with the children short and sweet," or, "it will confuse the kids if you do things as a family" or whatever. (I am making those things up, just trying to get the gist of it across.) Which is great at some point. But right now we can't even agree on a parenting plan at all.

I didn't have a problem that he suggested her, I just realized that he misunderstood what I had in mind when I suggested counseling in the first place. Which is why I sent what I thought was a reasonably nice text clarifying. What I want to do is not to have someone help us with the "rules" of co-parenting, but to help us to communicate better. My H recently sent me a long email asking for peace. He wanted me to talk to him about the parenting time, and see if we can agree. He said we should at least give it a try.

My suggestion of counseling was my response to that ^^^ request.

Am I reading what he wrote incorrectly?

I don't feel like there is any answer I can give other than agreeing with him.