Divorced for 7 years. 4 DC. He is remarried.
We’ve had ongoing issues between us for years and in an attempt to fix them so the DC weren’t growing up in a hostile environment we agreed to go to family counselling (him, his wife and me).
One of the main issues is this: we have an online family diary which I am the admin of. Everyone has access to it. I upload all appointments, parents evenings, after school activities, trips and parties to the diary. They are colour coded so everyone knows who is involved in that activity etc etc. We also enter holidays and nights out etc.
Ex frequently forgets or doesn’t turn up for things in the diary. His argument is that I could remind him 48hrs beforehand with a text message. My argument is I’m not his wife, it’s in the diary, he can check and remind himself. He runs a successful business and seems to remember to go to work/quotes and meetings so I don’t see why this is so much hassle.
Counsellor asked me why I didn’t feel it was fair to remind him, I explained, counsellor then says “the thing is we are at an impasse here and someone needs to compromise”
I said it wasn’t going to be me and it was ridiculous that he expected me to do this.
Ex is saying “you see, you see how impossible she is”
And the counsellor is nodding his fucking head!
The sesson ended with me being asked to reconsider my position and come back this week to discuss the issue of why I was so “angry” about this. Was this really where I wanted to “plant my flag”
I feel like I’m going mad ffs.
Please tell me honestly if you think I’m being unreasonable
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To feel like I’m being gaslighted by counsellor and ex
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DiaryStrife · 15/10/2018 09:32
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