Steve85 - I've read the LRT. Just read it two weeks ago. I'll reread it again, can't hurt.
LH - Its a roller coaster. I could answer that question every day and the answer would be different. The option to temperature check is an option and as everyone pointed out, its a bad one, don't do it. I hope I can control my emotions enough to avoid doing it.
The scary part for me is that if space and no contact is the best way to go, it is very hard to keep space. We see each other at church once a week. We have mediation every other week. We don't see much of each other at pickup or drop-off, but that's probably another once a week. Probably once a week because the kids forget something. And with sporting events for the kids coming up add another once per week in January and February and then in the spring, we will probably see each other 3-4 times a week on top of all the other stuff.
So best case we probably see each other 2-4 times a week, and those mediation sessions are brutal because it is not a good experience.
Mediation is a killer for me. Fills me with a lot of anxiety and that is only going to get worse. We have two more sessions with just the mediator and then we have the following 2 sessions with both of our attorney's and the mediator. I am absolutely dreading that.
