Mal ,'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
If she wants more money, then she can go to court and have the agreement modified. I presume that the custody agreement spells out when he is entitled to visits? If so, then it is her reponsibility to get the kid there if she agreed.
word. stick to the details laid out in the agreement.
man parents being assholes at the expense of the child and the child's relationship with the other parent - pisses me off!
Cash said it nicer than me. I'm tired of people trying to take advantage of my friends.
Cash, I agree with what everyone else is saying about not paying for an escort. But I also want to say, you're taking the right route by focusing on the mother. In particular, remember that it isn't R's fault that his parents are so screwed up.
Cash always takes the right route, from what I've seen.
He's 7. He's a great kid.
I agree, I agree. ITA. She's a bitch, and verbally abusive, and is totally fucking him, and she's exhausting to deal with. BF hates conflict, so...
I can only suggest, And I refuse to nag, and it's his decision. She's fucking him, though, and I can only be supportive and encourage him not to be fucked.
(Is it wrong for me to say, damn, I wish I could just STEP IN AND TAKE CARE OF IT?! I know, I know, I know! But I don't mind conflict, and she's the kind of person that will back down if someone stands up to her, and I just want to SMACK HER DOWN and say, Listen, here's what's gonna happen. And if you don't like it, SUCK IT. You're the one who cheated on him and decided to fuck it all up and move away to be with your boyfriend. LIVE WITH YOUR CHOICES, CHICKIE!)
Erin - he has a lawyer, right? can that person deal with her?
I am so incredibly thankful that there people who took me in, clothed me, fed me, loved me when I was kid. My biomom is kraxy, much like the people Erin and Cashmere are entangled with. I know it couldn't have been easy having to deal with the kraxy while loving me. I am so thankful people did it anyway. It's why, even as an adult, I have a number of surrogate families whom I love dearly.
((((Cashmere, Erin)))))
msbelle, I think so. But I dunno all the details -- plus? conflict.
Argh.
Cash, your sitch is way worse. Genuine crazy. At least Bf's ex does love her son, and, as much as I wanna smack her down, there IS attempts at being civil and a wanting-the-best-for-him. She just is...unrealistic and self-centered, I suppose. And I love BF dearly, but he is not as assertive as I am. (He apparently has a thing for strong-willed women. I told him this, and he agreed readily.)
He knows he needs to be more assertive with her, and is way more than he used to be. It's a process.
I HATE processes.
My sister got herself embroiled as proxy caretaker for a cousin with a crazy mother and unidentified father and overseas siblings. Fuck, the hoops the bitch mother put her through were insane. Woman refused to take her son to boarding school. In Jamaica you don't exactly put a kid on a bus, you know? My sister had to drive him cross country, or no education for him.
As soon as he got old enough he moved in with a much older sister in the US, but he'll never forget all the things my sister did for him.
You don't have to tip for takeout, do you? I am, but last time this place didn't charge my card for the tip. And I'm not putting on as much as for a sitdown meal, which I think is reasonable. Or is it?
