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[princessmeg]

Hi
Im 22, i have joint custody of my 2 1/2 yo son with my ex. i also have a 5 month old daughter with my new partner.
My ex and i are about to got to court because i wanted more time with my son and he wouldn;t let me.
Has anyone been throught this sort of situation, what happened how did u cope.
i am finding this really hard as i still live here, he moved and poeple here are starting to take sides and its all getting very vicious
Thanks
Meg

[Mum2Monster]

Hi Meg

Cant say Ive been through that exact situation, but Im 24 and share custody of my 4.5yr old with my ex. We went to court the first time about 2yrs ago and got an agreement, but my partner & I recently started new proceedings for more time with him after events at xmas.
And to answer your question.....I dont think I have coped! lol.
It has already gone to the max cost that I had in mind so am currently decideing how to keep going......

But :hugs: to you, it is really difficult and I hope that you have the support of your partner.

PM if you wanna chat I could use the support too!

[princessmeg]

Hey
Thanks for the reply, somedays i dont know what to do, i feel like i am the only who is going through this. everyone else complains that their ex never want the kids ect.. but mine uses my little man as an excuse to play playstation and not work. he's even taught my son to play, Who is only 2 1/2, so he doesn't even have to try and make friends.
i just want all of this to end. but appenently this first court date doesn't do much, just set the date for the next one. we have already done mediation and it didn't work, he wants me to have less time!!!
i just want to give up, and then he smiles at me or learns a new word or concept, and i remember why im fighting. But does it really have to be so hard??