Well, I'm really nervous. He's says he's bringing dd4 back tomorrow morning as she's still not well and has been asking for me. I hope this goes ok, for some reason I am nervous.
Yes, GAL is get a life but it's also 'Guardian Ad Lithem' (or court welfare officer as they are known in the UK - Guardian Ad Lithem is a US term). They are hired during a court procedure to interview both parents and decide what is in the children's best interests.
Re my H and the home ed trips, I find it strange myself as he is really agreeable to me having them at my house and he even invited me to his place last Christmas (I said no) so after I refused he rang me up - oooh sorry - phoned me while I was on a train and asked to come to mine for Christmas.
Yet when it comes to going out anywhere with the kids, he's very controlling. I was amazed actually, that he suggested taking them to the park for Mother's Day as that isn't like him normally. It's almost as if he thinks if I get too close to them I'll get depression or turn into Glen Close from 'Fatal Attraction'.
He seems fine with my partner role and my lover role, but when it comes to my mother role, he's terrified (much the same as I am with his father role).
I've come a long way since then but I can't shake the reputation, and I never boiled a damn rabbit in my life!!! (joke).
I do have mobility restrictions but then so does he so he's not gonna think differently of me for that. He's better at lifting stuff than I am, but that's about it.
Wish me luck, I have to be diplomatic and charming and keep him sweet,
