Yeah - no brownie pts for me. I truly need to stop walking on eggshells with her and just be friendly regarding topics concerning our son, expecting her to be cooperative rather than not.
Now, I'm not expecting her to provide for his clothing during visits. I buy and launder several sets of outfits for him. The problem is that when I dress him in playclothes after school, and he goes home in those, they don't get returned. So over time, I run out of clothes. When I ask for sets of clothing to be sent over, she tends to pack up only his grubbies, and I'm left to repurchase new nice stuff.
I need to find a way to be assertive about this in a nice, friendly manner. Any scripts I can use?
Went to GA to explore a kayak sale and talk to folks very into the sport, then went kayaking today for a few hrs - very relaxing. Its so easy to forget a lot while out on the water.
S5 and I talked on the phone tonight, then XW called and we talked for about 45 min about their weekend camping trip, and various issues related to him. It was all nicely cooperative. She apologized for not getting school uniforms for him sooner, and noted that she just ordered some clothes and purchased shoes for him. We had several laughs, touched on some serious topics like my father's health, and I had the chance to compliment and thank her for her specific efforts, and tell her that I was impressed with her interviews.
When she brought up how S6 prayed nightly for our family to get back together, she showed great maturity in noting that it was important to respect his opinion. No mention of "no way" and it was nicely focused on his well-being.
