You did an inspirational job of playing the long game and using the Aikido method (ala KML) to get what you wanted in the end.
Originally Posted by scout12
The caveat that I pick up S2 is a little on the nose. I’m happy to do it because it means he can’t withhold him overnight. But I recall him saying in an email last year, bolded and underlined, that I would never be welcome at his house. I suppose that doesn’t apply when it’s convenient for me to do the pickup.
It's back to the whole 'believe nothing that they say and only 50% of what they do'. I think that concept can be applied to any acrimonious relationship. We humans can be so impulsive when we say something in the heat of a bad moment.
But this is something to watch as you move forward in your coparenting relationship... X says things he doesn't really mean. (hmmm... reminds me of an earlier convo when he accused you of helicopter parenting among other things). So you can pretty much dismiss most anything he says.
