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Originally Posted by Barb0522
Melanie - I really feel for the daughter. It sounds like she is going to have a huge adjustment to make. 5 is a tough age anyway but at least she may not have to deal with a different school. I strongly suggest counseling. Even if she has had a lot of visitation with her parents (which it sounds like she might not have), it will be a hard change for her to deal with. Expect possible regression. Do not get upset with her if she starts wetting the bed for example. It was so much easier for me because Brian was older and the situation has not been as bad as it sounds like this girl has had to deal with.
I hate going to court. I hate seeing the lawyers take money that should eventually pay for Brian's college. But it will be worth it in the long run. We are already both happier.
I'd love to try the Wii fit but I think Brian is interested in the games. I'll see if I can find one.
Hi, BF and Ex-wife were talking about getting her into counseling to undo all of the damage done, but I really hope they follow through with it and not just talk about it, ya know? So, although it's not really my place, I called a local mental health center to find out if they work with kids (they do). BF will appreciate it, and I'll tell him to tell Ex wife it was all his doing so she doesn't feel I'm trying to step on her motherly toes, she's had enough of that crap the past few years. My BF was allowed visitation... at first. But it came at a price. At any slightest disagreement, or any challenging of what his mother would decide for HIS daughter, (although he and his ex wife still had the rights to decide for their daughter), she would ban him from the house for weeks at a time. Then call him up screaming at him for not coming to see his daughter... when she was the one who would threaten to call the cops if he would come over. She would turn around, blame it on him either being a bad father, or me acting like it's just me, him, and our son, and act like she never said what she really did say. She'd tell the rest of his family she never ever did such a horrible thing, and make him and me look bad. He's had enough of the emotional blackmail... and the ex-wife, who his mother hated with a passion (as she does me) wasn't allowed until her lawyer stepped in, then she let her but always wrote down anything she felt was 'wrong' in a little notebook to use against her in court. She always had planned on trying to get the ex wife's child from her... she's a very controlling, domineering, manipulative, spiteful hateful woman. Enough is enough, what goes around comes around! Her time has come to an end.
Were you fighting against an ex for your son, or did you have to fight in-laws? (if you don't mind me being overly nosy). Stuff like this is hard for anyone involved, I think.
Uh oh, I'm missing DOOL! I'll check in later.