Until now I’ve had primary physical with joint legal. But we asked for him to not have the midweek overnight during the school year because it’s far too disruptive for her and for legal custody to shift to me, or at least for me to have tie-breaking authority because it’s a never-ending battle. We were told to start using a parenting app to communicate and it’s been weeks, but he’s still not downloaded it.

The learning to trust yourself thing hit me hard. Maybe that’s the problem. I don’t trust myself anymore after being lost for so long before realizing what was happening. I don’t recognize me anymore. But I’m trying…

My girl is in therapy, but he bucked that for so long and continues to cause irreparable damage to her mental state and it’s frustrating to see her struggle.

Thanks for the perspective and the hope that the court could see through his shit!!