Thanks Kat. The hard part was the way s13 is hurting thru this. The other sad part was when I was over to pick up s13, I asked him to bring his video game system so he could play it over at my place. He has done this this before. But W went into the back room with son and told him not to, so that she could watch movies on it thru the weekend.
This is not a big deal, but W could have talked to open about it with me and explained why she wanted the video game system. S13 ratted on her as soon as he was in the car. The poor communication skills of W is a problem for any of her future R's. And I am glad that I have had this time to learn and recognize this stuff now, and also see my own problems with communication. Ya' know, this is all hard when it hits the kids.