Thanks for the input. the taking care of it is telling royal mail to not do the redirection. They wrote to me as a security precaution.

when a redirection is in effect all post to the named recipients is redirected. without it people can send letters to whatever address they like (mine or hers) with it anything sent to the kids at my house (cards, presents, school letters, medical letters) would all go to my wifes house regardless of the address on them.

It wont worry her in the slightest but to an extent this is a boundary issue for me (and thats without the mind reading i could do about trust and control) - I shouldnt allow her to just make changes without agreement nor should I allow her to interfere in my families relationship with my kids (plus the whole residency thing) - thats why i phrased it as I did rather than asking her to cancel it.

Given the current circumstances i think text or email would be her preferred route

So how about

Hi, I've got a letter confirming post redirection for you and the kids. I would like for my family to continue to be able to post to the kids directly at my address. I'll contact Royal Mail to ask for the kids to be taken off the redirection. Going forwards, please can we discuss things like this before we make any changes? Thanks


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