Great weekend with the kids, took them to the beach yesterday. We didn't bring swimsuits as we weren't planning to swim, but I let them get sandy and wet in their clothes - they had so much fun. I feel so much more relaxed parenting them on my own, not trying to meet my W's expectations in parallel.
We exchanged D3 when I dropped the older 2 off at school today. W casually mentioned she has stopped IC for a few weeks, due to having trouble finding child-care for D3. We also were supposed to follow-up with a financial advisor on what temporary spousal support calculations would show, and my W seemed to suggest maybe in October we could do that.
I'm not emotionally triggered by either of the above. I find it to just be further confirmation she prefers the status quo.
If we were at 50/50 custody and a reasonable financial arrangement, I feel like I would be okay continuing in limbo for quite a long time. As it is, the imbalance in both arrangements does not work for me. We have MC in a couple days, this will be something I need to bring up. Otherwise I expect another "Let's meet again in a month" type of a session. Maybe legalizing this separation will be the way to go.
