Still here. Still not detached...

[Chris73]

Nothing new to report. Busy week trying to get packed and ready for a week at the beach.

W wants to discuss our co-parenting arrangement soon. I've worked out a plan where our kids can reside with both of us separately week by week. My job is flexible enough so that I can work shorter days or from home on the week that I have them so that I can get them to/from school without any help.

Does anyone have any experience with this arrangement? I've done a lot of reading and there seems to be an acceptable happy medium between keeping the frequency of "switching" to a minimum while ensuring that the kids have full exposure to both parents.

I am a child of divorce and lived exclusively with my mom when I was growing up. My dad would take me out 2 nights a week and every other weekend. 30+ years later, I don't have a single memory of normal life with my dad, but only the times when we would "do something" (shopping, movies, vacations, etc.). Meanwhile, while my dad and I are close, there is an emotional disconnect and I'm much closer to my mom.

I don't want this to happen with me and my kids.