My daughter is having her sweet 16 in a little over a month. I am planning a party for her and wondering if I should invite the ex and his family. We don't have a fabulous relationship but not the worst either. My plan if I do invite everyone is to invite the ex and his family, his new wife and her family plus all of my husbands family and mine.

Opinions please?

We have a two week on, two week off summer custody arrangement. The kids will be back from BMs in just a few days for our two weeks. Our first two week rotation was so awful that I am very apprehensive about their return. There were a lot of little things that went on during that time but one sticks out in my head and makes my temperature rise every time I think about it.

I have a SD that is 12 yrs old. She has had a cell phone at BM's house since she was 9 but we would not allow her to bring it to our home as we believed she was too young. Recently, however, we agreed that she was getting old enough to have one and agreed to allow her to start bringing it.

...and Im not sure whether to be afraid or to feel triumph.

This weekend BM raised a big stink because both SK's had school activities on the same day (her weekend). It says in the divorce decree that, if she or her spouse are unable to take the kids to a school event, DH and I get right of first refusal before she asks anyone else to do it.