BM, be careful. Your STBXW has shown a penchant for manipulation. This could be another attempt to get the mediation agreement nullified.
I totally agree and expect that to be the true case. I'm not changing course...just trying to come up with the money for a lawyer. That's the hard part. I called around, I may be able to get $1,200 for my old car. But the lawyers here want $5,000-7,000 retainers. I'm definitely trying to find an option that works, but this is also DEFINITELY an uphill challenge.
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Don't dismiss Joe's perspective. Whether you see it or not, your STBXW certainly does.
It just now occurred to me that that makes a bit of sense...although it doesn't match what I was *actually* doing, other people are likely to interpret it differently.
That's frustrating. No wonder I get stand-offish. But then...that frustration likely gets interpreted as me just being a d!c# that wants to argue...when it's the opposite inside my mind.
Man, life would be so much easier if I could just express my thoughts and feelings in ways that people actually could understand. I know that's not their flaw...it's mine. I just don't know how to fix it.
