Any advice would be great. I am new to netmums.
Let me set the scenario.
I split from my ex 2 years ago. We have 2 children 3y & 8y. My ex lives with & has a baby 9m with the woman he was having an affair with. It was very upsetting at the time for the children and I but I have always kept it civil, involved him in their school stuff & pastimes and tried to maintain contact between him & the children.
Over the last few months my eldest has started getting really upset about having to go. He is in floods of tears and says he misses me too much and gets bored. I had a meeting with his dad to discuss it and that part appeared to go well. However at the end he said he wants them more. They currently do every weds & alternate weekends Fri to Mon. During holidays they spend odd weeks at a time. We both work and his hours vary.. a lot. After the weekends & weeks they get really clingy to me. I don't think they'll cope with it. My eldest is adamant he doesn't want to go more.
What do other people do? It breaks my heart to see him like this. He is a child not a CD collection.
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hstear · 27/02/2015 23:05
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