Had a rough phone call with X just now. Called to confirm my times with S5 this week.
Not even fair DBing, but I noted to X that I did not agree with her leaving S5 with her parents for days, She denied this, saying "I was with him the whole time." She also said "I'm an independent woman. I'm doing just fine financially and otherwise. I don't need your money. (offered this - I didn't ask)." When she said, "I need you to stop breaking into my house" I replied, "I'll respect your privacy, but make no mistake that it is MY house, and I'm letting you live there. I cannot 'break in' to my own house. You are welcome to move out immediately." To which she replied, "I don't want to live in this house. I'm just doing it for S5."
I've learned to not trust her, which is sad. There's a long way to go before even friendship is possible, as I truly trust her very little. I hope she's telling the truth about staying with S5, but as he says that he was left for at least overnight with the ILs, I believe him.
I agreed to take him most of Thursday and asked for and received him on Wed as well. When X tried to say that MIL will be up on Thur, so why can't S5 stay with her, I replied, "B/c I am his father, and I have a legal right to be with my son." She let it go at that.
I hate having legalities dictate appropriate behavior. Yet she and her parents will keep trying to walk all over me until I assert myself.
I'm praying for the RO hearing to go well, for it to be thrown out, and for our sitch to calm.
