Dealing with the EX /and BF- LONG!
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| Mon, 07-19-2004 - 11:08am |
I need to vent about my ex...
He is such a deadbeat loser its incredible. Im sorry but REALLY most would agree. EX has every other weekend visitation - 5:00 pm Friday pick up and 5:00 pm drop off (at my house- he had trouble with this - would drop them off at his mothers ) on Sundays. Every time its his weekend SOMETHING happens - either he cancels or he will call Sunday morning to say "something has come up" and wants to bring them back early. At first I would answer the phone and rearrange my chedule to meet him because well its my kids. Well I learned after awhile that he cannot expect me to do this.. he needs to only do this in an emergency. He has had no emergencies. He also has paid NO child support - I mean NONE because he has been unemployed. He just got a 9.00 an hour job last week apparently so now I am chasing CSE AGAIN but with 9.00 wont expect to get much. He lives with a woman (woman he was having affair with- reason

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I just wanted to comment on how I get my "emergency on-call babysitter" arrangement. First of all, it is not that often. Only a few times a year where I am doing something when my ex has my son. I don't trust my ex because his schedule is flighty - he gets out of town business trips at the drop of a hat or is late from the airlines mishap.
Anyway, I usually call on someone who has kids - such as someone my kid goes to school with, neighbor friends with kids, family or even a friend whose dog I babysit (just for this reason) - and I say I am not going to be here - but if ex needs to drop him off and you watch him for a few hours is that okay? I have only had to use that for a few times but it has really saved me.
I guess what I am trying to say is that you have to expect the unexpected. It certainly helps with my sanity.
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