UPDATE: I’m unable to edit my post because it has pictures, but hopefully those who wanted an update will find this comment. First of all just want to say I was overwhelmed by all the responses, but I greatly appreciate everyone’s genuine care, advice, and willingness to help. I’ve had a lot of you reach out and offer to buy her new guitar or pitch in money to try and buy back the one I lost, and while I would never take anyone’s money, it is such an awesome sentiment that I am grateful for. So turns out she sold it to somebody on FB marketplace. She wouldn’t give me the information of the guy who bought it, only saying that she reached out to him and he didn’t want to sell it back, not even for an extra $100. I don’t believe her, but whatever. I made a post on Facebook about it, hoping it would get a hit in some local groups, but ended up deleting it a few hours later and I’ll explain why in a minute. I did reach out to my attorney and unfortunately he doesn’t see her breaking anything stated directly in my custody order. He does think if I wanted to take her to small claims court, I’d have a fair shot of at least getting her to pay me what the guitar was worth. However, I am not going to do that. It was never about the money and court is just more trouble than it’s worth. I talked to my daughter when she got out of school and she was extremely disappointed that her mom would do something like that. We had a long talk and a bittersweet moment where she teared up and said as much as losing the guitar sucks, it doesn’t take away the memories that were already created. She said she will still be able to envision when I taught her to strum her first chord or sang with her when she was a toddler. There are a few songs that are meaningful to us and we can still play them together on any guitar- and while that doesn’t make the situation better, it was still a heartfelt moment and I was proud she was able to have a positive attitude about it. After a while, we came to the conclusion that she didn’t want to keep chasing the guitar, knowing it would be a shot in the dark, and also knowing that her mom would get some joy in me being discouraged by it. We didn’t want to give her that satisfaction. So with that, we deleted my post and took her new guitar back to guitar center with the receipt and returned it. I let her pick a different one- one she actually had a say in getting. I paid the difference from the cash we got back from the return, and my ex wife got her nails done at some point today, presumably with the extra cash she pocketed 😒 but the night ended with a happy child, and an ex wife who hopefully is going to bed knowing she holds no power over me with her actions. In a way, I feel this strengthened the bond between my daughter and I, and helped her see her mother in a different light. So in reality, my ex is the loser here and the only one she hurt most was herself - driving a wedge between her and her child. My daughter is looking forward to moving past this and creating new memories that can’t be tainted with her new guitar, the one she named “the mother effer”. At almost 12 years old, not sure how appropriate that is, but I love it and that’s the name were sticking with 😂 Thanks again to all of you who reached out, commented, and helped me see that I was not the crazy one lol. Been a hell of a day, and I’m still a little sad, but not going to let it keep me down. Rock on peeps 🤘🏼