This toddler talking business is a double-edged sword. S2 just told me he went to the shops with OW and Dada in Dada’s car yesterday. XH only has two three-hour visits with S2 per week and he has to involve her in his parenting time? Please remind me that this is inevitable and unavoidable and there’s nothing I can do about it... I’m feeling annoyed to even hear her name come out of S2’s mouth. Obviously I can’t expect XH to be appropriate or respectful about this, so I need a reminder to keep my expectations at zero so I won’t be upset when he does something selfish or boneheaded. I’ll just take a deep breath and let it go (but in all honesty, I’ll probably vent about it to a couple of people first). Next time S2 mentions her, I’ll just say “wow, that sounds fun” and change the subject. Ugh.
