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Submitted by CastleJJ on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 9:00pm

So a few weeks ago, DH messaged BM asking if we could pick SS up for President's Weekend visitation at noon instead of 3pm on Friday and then change BM's pickup time to noon instead of 3pm on Monday, because we were going to FIL's house for the weekend and the later pick up time would make the extra distance harder. BM agreed to the change in time also informing DH that she would be in FIL's town (also BM's parent's town) that Monday and pulling SS out of school to stay there until Thursday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!

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Submitted by CastleJJ on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 1:56pm

So today is DD's first birthday. DH and I have no idea where the time went. We had plans today to take her to Build-A-Bear before heading to visit family. DH checks his email and receives his daily "USPS informed delivery" email which outlines all the mail that will be delivered to us each day. Today's showed the dreaded CS order that we have been waiting 3 months for. All I could think was "Of all the days to arrive, it had to be on DD's birthday."

Still Annoying

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Submitted by CastleJJ on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 11:58am

We are scheduled to have SS for President's Day weekend in February. Our CO enforces that DH pick SS up in BM's state at 3pm on Friday and BM will pick up SS from us at 3pm on Monday. The 3pm pick up allows SS to attend school on Friday. 

Blow Up w/ DH

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Submitted by CastleJJ on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 9:16am

DH took this week off to spend time with SS and DD. I did not take time off (I work 100% remote), but I have today off for New Years. DH informed me on WEDNESDAY that he works a half day today, from the office an hour away not remote. It is kind of a big item to fail to communicate, especially when no plans were made for SS. 

After SS' toxic phone call with BM last night, I told DH that I was not comfortable being home alone with him. DH's response was "I told SS he needs to be on his best behavior and he is pretty self sufficient - he can get his own breakfast and stuff."

Phone Calls

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Submitted by CastleJJ on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 7:03pm

I am at a loss for how to handle phone calls with SS anymore. Since we are long distance, we FaceTime SS at BM's twice per week, usually on Thursdays and Sundays. They aren't scheduled calls - DH texts BM on those days and asked for good time usually in the evening. At that time he FaceTimes SS on BM's phone. Usually, SS is in the kitchen or living room, no more than 5 feet from BM at any given time. It is evident BM (and GF) are listening to every single call.

SS10 Blew Off DH

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Submitted by CastleJJ on Fri, 12/16/2022 - 9:49am

We FaceTime with SS10 twice per week, usually for a half an hour or so for each call. Since we only see SS for 6 weeks every year, often going several months between visits, this is really our only way to stay connected. 

Passive Email "Requests" and Visitation

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Submitted by CastleJJ on Fri, 12/09/2022 - 9:56am

Many of you know that SS10 is enrolled in sports year round. Soccer in the spring, football in the late summer/fall, and basketball in the late fall/winter. Often times, he only has a week or so break between sport seasons, except soccer to football where he has two months, except BM keeps him loaded up with off season training camps. This kid practices two to four days per week with games every single weekend. We aren't in agreement with this much activity and feel that SS deserves to be a normal kid, but we have no say so it is what it is.

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