She has them every other week and for holidays - although this is getting cut now as well. She is probably bi-polar and can’t emphasize with the kids - maybe sometimes if she has a high. Yesterday was my sons birthday where she arrived and within minutes started to complain and threatening to leave as my father made a photo book for my daughter and she is not in enough pictures. I left when our daughter was 5 month old and my father doesn’t even see the mother anymore. Anyway logic never helped with her. First she made my daughter cry for 20 minutes while not reacting and only aggressively po ..read more

Girlfriend gives unsolicited parenting advice I feel like I am at my wits end. I love this woman but over the span of our 9 month relationship she has continually given me unsolicited advice on my parenting skills, as well as my children's behavior. I will say that I have full custody of both of my children for the past 3 years after a very traumatic event. They are your normal children with normal problems. Doing well in school, activities, and other things. Sure they test you as a parent sometimes and its not perfect but her standards are ridiculous. Even more so her track record with men a ..read more

I recently “broke up” with my girlfriend and we have a 9 month old together. We never really had the chance to date it was a pregnant after a month o knowing each-other. She owns a house with her ex boyfriend and amongst other issues we broke it off. However, she lives in my house. Even after a month of being broke up now im paying all of the bills. We argue everyday even though we are broken up. She says she wants to co parent and live together for a while but…. It just feels wrong. Some nights we still sleep together and my emotions are going crazy just dealing with the whole thing but anyw ..read more

Hi, I have a little boy, and I share custody with his mom. At 6 yeas old, he has never been on an airplane or stayed in a hotel. He is well adjusted, but covid and a divorce has put a lot of these activities on hold. I want to take him somewhere for a couple days. I need a nonstop flight on Delta, and a busy schedule for one day (staying 2 nights). In addition, I'm looking for something with easy travel between the airport, the hotel, and whatever attraction(s) we'll be going to. I don't want to deal with booster seats in Ubers/taxis, for example. Reliable shuttle busses, light rail and train ..read more

God damn women are evil. I have joint physical/legal custody of my son. Have had for 4 years now, he's 5. Monday I was supposed to get him back after 5 days at his moms. She texts me Monday morning that she was keeping him because she doesn't feel he's safe with me! Takes him to the hospital to be screened for potential child abuse. Refuses to give me any information about him or what may have happened. I immediately launch into protective dad mode. If something happened to my son it did not happen with me under my care. My kids are my world. All I do is work and dad. My work schedule is buil ..read more

Has anyone run into this? I received a letter from the IRS stating that I owe child support so they used my return to pay what I supposedly owe. They dont say how much I owe just that I owe it? Some important facts: I am paying for all kids 50/50 even as two of them live with me full time My child support is taken from my paycheck every month so there are not checks that I am writing or payments that I may have missed I have years worth of recepts and payments I did for "child" support even before it was court ordered Is it possible that the lawyers messed up and sent the wrong amount to my ..read more

I've been a single dad for eight years now (I'm still amazed at how long this has been) with primary custody (5 days a week) of the kids, and I've just been struggling of late with what to do on the days I do not have my kids. I've always been a low-contact social person, as I've always had issues connecting with people my age (30 now) due to having kids right after high school. It only got worse after the split up and taking on the majority of the care of my kids. I was constantly second-guessing everyone's intentions due to how things ended with the kid's mother (cheating with a co-worker ..read more

My wife is an addict. I’ve not seen her in 14 days. My kids have not seen her in months. I got to court to try and get full custody this week. Any tips submitted by /u/Previous_Housing4264 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I would really appreciate it if you could answer the questions in order, I would like to use them for university work (please write an age and a child number), thank you for your help! What was the main reason for their divorce? When did the moment happen when you knew it was over, you didn't want to continue? (If there ever was such a moment) How did the signing of the papers take place? Were there any complications or was it more relaxed? Has the divorce dragged on? Was there much to negotiate? (House issue, car issue, properties, etc.) What feelings did you experience when they decided to ..read more

As divorce is finalizing, i am wondering if it may be a good idea to ask my aging parents if they want to sell their home and we buy a bigger home for us 3 and my toddler. I don’t see myself getting re-married nor do i want to - i made that commitment to myself a long time ago. There could be a lot of benefits for both of us and obviously cons along the way too. If you did it, how was it? Would you do it again if you had to? submitted by /u/throwaway1212y [visit reddit] [comments ..read more