Alpha - rollercoasting #3

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W texted again this morning (6.10am) with:

Do you still want to go for tea with kids tonight?

Being so early, I saw the message but thought I'm not replying to that right now. I fell back asleep.

W called about 10 mins ago (8.00am) asking the same thing, or whether I wanted to leave this for this evening.

I kept things short and polite since I was half asleep. Rather than pick her up from home we are now meeting in the local town centre.

So, I'm wondering: I could turn up on foot or go by car. She would probably ve surprised if she had to get the bus back home due to me not coming by car.

Should I ask about her new place? Any conversation no nos? Obviously I will focus on the kids, no R talk. I'm doing LRT now so if anyone could give me a guide on how to gauge this that would be great.

I haven't seen the kids since Monday. I think W feels guilty over this. She was still direct on the phone but at little less frosty, ending the conversation with an almost normal 'ok, see you later' followed by a longer, more caring sounding 'byeeee' instead if the recent short, curt, grumpy grunt of a bye she's been giving.

I don't want to read too much into that but it's possible giving her space and very little contact is giving her time to calm down. In that sense LRT is working but given what's gone on over last weekend it's more damage limitation right now than making improvements to things.