Thanks for the support Sotto and everyone who takes the time to read. Yesterday I had the first contact for a while with W. Every month we normally have some sort of disagreement over her contribution to her S's education and upkeep. I emailed her and said I hoped S was keeping her up to date with his activities while I ran through expenses. . She fired back an angry email saying I knew that S didn't tell her anything ( not true), she hardly ever saw him and what about her rights as his mother? She's worried she's losing contact with him and that he takes no notice of her. She said when she left home she didn't abandon him but let us live in the house so as to try to minimize the pain she knows she caused me. She said it has been painful for her and continues to be so. She complained that she only saw her son for a week in the summer and surely legally she deserved more. She finished by saying we'll talk more if that is ok with me. After rereading I noticed that the whole email was about her, nothing about how anyone else feels, especially her son. Last year she announced she was leaving a week before his fifteenth birthday. He's sixteen and free to choose how much of a relationship he wants with her. He is a kind and friendly boy with me and those around him but sadly he wants little to do with her. Today he went for lunch with her but reluctantly. As for her claims that she is still in pain, well she seems to be smiling every time she changes her phone profiles. I haven't replied as I don't want to get into a war of words which will go nowhere. This weekend I've a long nighttime race which could be wet and windy! Have a great weekend everyone!
