Focused on Me and My Son 2

[Sherman333]

You're incredibly patient with her. You're inspiring me to be more patient.

I'm generally a patient person by nature. It actually makes me good at what I do generally. And I associate a certain level of leadership with the trait too... trying to think through things rather than pure emotion (generally in my life), but in this I've still messed up a lot... hard not to do.

It sounds like you're doing your best to keep your son out of the crossfire.

When it got to be too much, he and I have left and not come home. In some cases for the whole weekend and at the least for the day.

I really want to have the divorce agreement signed where I get physical custody, so am not doing anything to rock the boat too much, but am letting her know where boundaries are as well.

Our interactions have improved tremendously since all this started. I don't get very many abusive attacks anymore. Just occasional bad behavior. So I'm not sure how much respect I've built back up with her yet or not.

I can say, that overall, she's been treating me better recently than she has in years.

And thank you for the complement. It's appreciated. Best of luck to you and if I get time I'll read your thread Closer2.