a young man with hope II

[lnlyshp]

At first, I was validating. Always "I can see why you would think that," and "I understand," and "I can tell you're serious about this." But as we started to rehash old arguments (which obviously is not a road that I wanted to go down), she stopped pulling the punches. Sensitivity turned into almost malice. And while I wish that I would have just continued to validate - I just couldn't shut my mouth anymore, got angry, and said some things that I wish I hadn't.

In the future, I'm going to try and avoid any of these talks. My goal is mediation.

I shouldn't have called the cops. But her telling me that I couldn't have him set me off. Who is she, the one who walked away from our family, the one who only sees him 2-3 days a week, to tell me that I am not allowed to see my son? Her saying that enraged me.

Thank you for the advice and the response, Mozza.