Grok

Being the rock solid parent can be challenging. The way I look at the things with the children is , if causing good for them , I allow it as long as it’s not utterly throwing me off . It is a bit of cake eating on your W part . I had a lot of this my first go around . My H would over indulge in the kids to the point of his own exhaustion . Once he dropped them back off to me and asked to shower and nap in our bed . H moved home pretty quickly after that . It didn’t hurt the kids the extra time with him so I just let it run its course . Holding down the fort while someone else gets to the benefits is a hard pill to swallow . Give this time and pause on it .

Your W parking for the day 2 houses away is just odd . Don’t give it any thought . They do odd things that we will never make sense of .