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[Jim1234]

lol joejoe, I'm not sure what "smell good" is, but I suspect cologne. No, I don't really like it, so I don't wear it. If I did, it would have only been to get her to notice, and I don't really care.

Mediation went ok. Like I said, we're not all that far apart, and we spent most of the time going over the settlement proposal written by her lawyer, and all three of agreed it wasn't written well. I'm glad we are doing this with a mediator, at relatively low cost, versus us and our lawyers in one room. We basically rewrote the proposal ourselves, and it's going well. Just a few numbers we didn't have, well, really, a few numbers SHE didn't have. We're getting together again on Monday to hopefully finish.

The only times there was any tension was when we discussed how long alimony should last, her taking the position that the duration should start when she moved out, and me taking the position it should start when she filed. I suggested we table it until later, and we moved on. Also, there was some tension at the end when she suggested I continue to pay child support after S18 graduates High School in two weeks (because otherwise "how will W pay for half of his college??????" "Since you filed for divorce, that's not my problem.") But, we basically just tabled it and moved on.

Again, I wore new clothes; she didn't say anything, but I'm sure she noticed. Doesn't matter.