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Hotchocolate18 · 21/12/2018 23:23

Does anyone else find it increasingly harder to be away from their child when it's their dad's weekend?
Had a tough week with my ex demanding more days even though he has him alot. Been a stressful week and I'm really missing my son tonight.

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Hotchocolate18 · 22/12/2018 14:38

Agreement between ourselves. He threatened to take me to court this week as I wouldn't let him have more time as I said our son was in a good routine and he has him enough. Then he realised he wouldn't win and turned nice and apologised.
He posted a post from fathers from justice a min ago and it was something along the lines of "How can any more deny their father seeing their child at Christmas and using the child as a weapon"
I challenged him and said that makes me look like I'm stopping you from having your son when in fact you have him Christmas day!

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Hotchocolate18 · 22/12/2018 14:55

Any mother*

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blueskiespls · 22/12/2018 15:19

@Hotchocolate18 do you think other people (or who are Facebook) know the what the score really is? (For example that actually he is with his dad Xmas day!!)
He is clearly trying to get to you. I would definitely un-friend on Facebook so you don't get un-necessarily upset or angry.

I don't really have any personal experience with this sort of behaviour.

I do have experience of the ex wanting to change routine. Etx. We ended up going to mediation as he kept threatening court. It was the best thing we ever did.
Perhaps suggest mediation after Xmas?

OnlineAlienator · 22/12/2018 19:42

Bollocks to unhealthy - i'm Mrs. Hobby, doesnt mean i dont miss my kid a lot. Theyre only little once, not for long really, and i feel those hormones telling me, as a mammal, to look after my vulnerable offspring round the clock, its perfectly natural.

Guest275 · 22/12/2018 21:13

I generally support shared residency, 50-50. I don't know what it means when you say he's been "emotionally abusive". Divorded fathers usually miss their children and want more time with them. Nothing weird about that. I hope you find solution to this.

Hotchocolate18 · 23/12/2018 10:23

When I say emotionally abusive i mean so bad I had to go to a refuge. He was great at gaslighting, making me walk on egg shells, making me scared of him, isolation. That kind of thing

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RandomMess · 23/12/2018 10:27

Please don't let him have more than 50:50!!!

Read up about grey rock technique and start using that.

"We have 50:50 shared care I'm not agreeing to more"

Don't read his social media crap, have a dedicated phone number or email just for him and block him everywhere else.

Thanks
LRL2017 · 23/12/2018 16:07

Yes. I'm really struggling. I have absolutely no family here and can only afford petrol to go on my weekends. I hope to move to my family but ex putting blocks In my way. I'm so bored and now counting down the last hour and a half until they are home.

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