Disney Dad.

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Ex WILL NOT go week on week off; I’ve been asking him for about 6 years. For the last few years he had the kids (14/16) Friday after school until Monday am.
A change of school transport means he is now dropping our kids to me on Monday mornings. Course it’s not a problem I adore my kids.
What annoys me is he’s absconding from his duties and I’m picking it all up (as well as sorting the school stuff/admin all week - week to week). Any suggestions please? It’s really p!sing me off.

ETA now meaning I have to drive my kids to school on Monday mornings

I am afraid at this age there is little point in a CAO which defines these things. You can’t make your ex do anything. Would it be easier if they came back on a Sunday?

every weekend?
bit unfair of you not to get some fun time with the kids and he doesn’t have to do the admin stuff and at the same time he doesn’t get any free time to himself assuming he works Monday-Friday But realistically at their ages how much admin is really going on? They need to be sorting their own p.e kit, books, homework etc

assuming the kids can’t make their own way to school? And to be fair you’ve come this far not long now until school runs won’t exist.

is it worth rocking the boat over this? Sounds like he’s been there. He has contact with his children. Unless there’s a massive backstory I’m not quite sure how he is shunning responsibility if he has taken them on monday monring for 6 years or got them on a bus or whatever and this has only stopped because of the transport changing ?

Just reigniting my thread as both have been fucking dreadful this week. Thankfully their Dad has them tonight as per my request.

My DD woke me - slammed my bedroom door about 07:15 this am when she asked for another day off school this morning and I said no. And my DS was an absolute pleasure.

Extremely worn out and not enjoying ‘life’. Absolutely fed up. Going to keep this as some kind of diary as I’m feeling fucked and like I may drop dead at any point!

What do your teens want to do? Do they want a weekend at their home with you? Court order is useless in this situation really, but the teens opinions are what matters.