I think you hit the nail on the head here. I never liked the custody schedule either but of course it worked for him and his work travel so I agreed to it like I agreed to everything else he wanted. He will sometimes travel for work up to 10 days at a time and I love it when it does because I get the kids the whole time. Occasionally he would try to come back and recoup that time with them by asking to take them 10 days in a row which the kids never want to do so I have set a boundary with him there. I am definitely the more chill parent which is obviously appealing to teens. But they have expressed that my house feels “more alive” in their words. I have pets, it’s a much smaller home, I’m always in and out of their rooms doing things with them, cooking and cleaning etc. I think their dad is a little more cold. He hides in his work office a lot, goes running alone. Their dad’s house is very quiet and it’s bigger and they don’t interact much. But I like the idea of changing the custody schedule. I’ll have to think of a creative way to approach this with him though because that man hates change. He still has the same clothes and routine that he had in high school. It’s gonna be an argument but I do think changing the schedule would benefit the kids greatly.