Checking in. As far as the trust thing goes, I'm not so sure the WAS thinks anything they do is wrong or contributes to mistrust. From their perspective, if it is good for them, they choose that over all else no matter how it impacts others and us. Does the thought even cross their mind on how it impacts us?
Couldn't you politely convey what you so concisely said above about mistrust? How would he take it?
Switching gears
Quote: We've been having a bit of an open email discussion, though he seems to be doing his best to shut himself down from me while still maintaining some level of conversation. Kind of sad.
The have it both ways syndrome we were talking about earlier. I haven't gotten to our agreement to outline the interactions that would be acceptable to each of us, respectively. I'm wondering if this sort of cake eating, if that is what it is in your opinion, is acceptable to you?
A seperate question for you I am struggling with myself. Up until now my WAS has been very technologically challenged and uses the computer sparingly. She recently figured out email is efficient for tasks, mostly business related.
Since I have agreed to file along with her, I have initiated contact sparingly. She says she feels "sad" to have interactions with me so she tries to avoid talking on the phone at length and avoid seeing me in person.
All of a sudden she has sent me some emails where she didn't even reply to my emails before.
I'm looking for your opinion on email. Has it been a forum or a "venue" where you have been able to improve your communication with WAS? Or has it been in your opinion another tool for them to get their cake eating fix? Any other positives or negatives on your email experiences?
