Hi Karma

thats a good story about your brother - thank you for sharing it

with regard to the text response, if you do decide to respond then i'm not sure about the wording

sounds like a lot of stress. If you continue to be busy at court I'll take SD one night next week when I'm off."

The second part of this could easily be read as a 'fix' - as in 'if its too much for you to cope then i will help fix it this for you by looking after SD'

You could say pretty much the same thing but without suggesting he cant handle it. for example

'that sounds like a lot to do and i'd imagine quite stressful? I'm sure you'll get it sorted fine though. I'm off next week would it be possible to arrange for SD to spend some time with me?'

Others are much better than me at scripting


Both mid 30s, 2 young kids
BD 7sep14
XW moved on long ago, now living with OM1
D paperwork in progress