Journaling:

So picked up my kids today, and the pedagogue pulled me aside to inform me, that my daughter is reacting to the split of me and her mother, and they are cutting her some "slack" because her temper is very loose, and she is sad. So definitely something we are very aware of.

I came home with two tired kids who were ready to kickstart the weekend, however the house was dirty, clothes everywhere and dirty dishes all over the kitchen. I am going to tell my ex firm but in a relaxed and "cool" way, that the time I use to clean up the house every friday is time I dont get to have with the kids. I leave a clean house on switching days, and I expect the same to some degree.

She can ignore my request if she decides to, but I feel like, it is a indicator of the lack of respect she has for me, that makes it okay, to leave the house like this. I can't set a boundary, because I can't enforce anything if she chooses to bite me off, so I can do nothing but state that I do not find it to be acceptable. If we were talking a friday once in a while where the kids had acted up, then whatever, but it has been constantly for the past 1.5 months..

Thoughts?


BD: Wife says "its over" 11th august 2018.
EA: June 2018
PA: August 2018 - ongoing
Status: Taking turns 7 days a week to be in the house w. kids
WW: no regrets, seems happy with leaving.