So after our fight Saturday night, I guess my husband really got to thinking about things. He thought about the pants SD8 wore from BM's (with the HUGE hole in the crotch). He thought about SD8 not doing her homework at BM's. Then Monday, he has an email from BM: Once again, not making any sense & threatening him with an ultimatum. Now, keep in mind that BM has already stated several times that she will not agree to meeting halfway for dropping off/picking up SD8. This is the **ONE** request my husband had & she flat out refused.

I can't take it anymore. BM's nonsense just doesn't seem to end. It's one thing after another. She emails my husband several times a week (sometimes several times a day), with the premise of trying to iron out this whole mediation agreement, but really it's just her being an asshole. She is calling all the shots & expecting my husband to agree with whatever she wants. If he disagrees, she just makes up a million excuses why her way of doing things is "best for SD8", threatens him, puts guilt trips on him, etc.

So about 2 months ago, the school sent home a notice with SD8 about a weekly counseling group session for kids dealing with divorce. (It's a really small school & apparently several families are recently going through divorce.) Keep in mind that my husband has been separated & divorced from BM for over 6 years now, which is most of SD8's life. She does not even remember them ever being together & is completely adjusted to BM having numerous relationships & to me being part of her life for the past 3 1/2 years.

Yeah, I just did blog entry, I know. It's a two-for-one morning today! This is sort of jumping off from my other entry because many of the issues SD8 gives me back talk on are related to hygiene. From reading posts from others on here, this seems to be pretty normal. And I, too, finally get to the point where I think, "You know what? Fine, be the stinky, dirty kid! See if I care. I'm not your mother!".