Am I wrong here?

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Registered: 07-29-2005
Am I wrong here?
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Thu, 07-19-2007 - 1:44pm

Am I wrong here? Short background...Kids are 13 and 8...My 8 yr old son goes to a summer camp 2-3 days a week...I drop him off, have my sitter pick him up, take him home and my 13 yr old watches him until I get home from work at 5. Wednesdays my DS goes to his father's for the night...My X is in sales, works from his home office, usually or I should say lately on Thursdays my son stays at is dad's during the day while dad is working and then I pick him up after work.

This AM I get a phone call from my X at 11:00 saying "what am I doing with DS today"...I'm like...you wait until NOW to ask this question...I'm at work an hour away...he says, well, it's your problem it's your day with him. WTF?! My 13 yr old wasn't home because she spent the night at a friends house. He proceeds to scream at me because he has to go to "work"...won't let me get a word in, and then hung up on me! this is a constant problem...his lack of planning! Why does it become my problem. I called him back and he refused to answer...I left a message saying to call our 13 yr old, pick her up from her friends and then take them home and DS will be watched there. He never called me back....I called again, asking him to contact me so I know what DS is doing today and where I am picking him tonight....Nothing! Argh!

Am I wrong? I was basing my assumption on the past patterns of him staying at his house during the day...and the lack of a conversation led me to believe it wasn't a problem. He is just soooo irresponsible!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 07-24-2007 - 1:17pm
I told my EX straight up.... he's responsible for finding and arranging child care during "his time".

Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~