You are definitely right about that. It will get more difficult before it gets better. W wants to meet tonight to exchange S back to me so we can discuss while he plays on an indoor playground. W decided to make some arguements on Friday that I don't agree with. She believes that I should see she has had S best interest at heart and deserves my cooperation for that. Her arguement was that she had S best interest when she left him with me and when she didn't push back at all at first when we had schedule changes early in the year. But to me that's entirely invalid. She left because A and OM were more important and she needed them. To have them she couldn't take S with her and feel like a good mom. Some of these choices in S interest are just the best available choice while still getting what she wanted most.

She is using those arguements as a defense for me needing to 'grow up' and do what is best now. I don't think I should stop to argue the point though, am I right? I just need to stick to what is going to work for me? Do I need her to understand why I'm doing what I'm doing?


M: 43 W: 43
Married 6 yrs.
T: 7 yrs.
Son 20, 18, 17, 15 yrs. (w/ Autism), 12, 10