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[quote=Anonymous]My ex-spouse has requested that when he is on the phone with our 8 year old that I not be in "hearing distance and/or in the room during the conversation" (his words).  My child often talks to his dad on the phone when we are in the car, and I live in a 2-bedroom condo, so there are not a lot of spaces in my house where I wouldn't be able to hear a phone conversation unless I purposefully hide in my bathroom every time he's on the phone with his dad.  My child has never requested privacy during phone conversations. He is allowed to talk to his dad whenever he wants (in fact,  his dad has repeatedly told me that I let my child call him too much).

I am wondering if it is a reasonable request from my ex to request privacy on this level or if I have a reasonable reason to state that this is logistically difficult as well as cumbersome to enact this request 100% of the time and that if he wants privacy in his conversations, he should have those conversations when he is with my child in person.  I assume that the conversations I have on the phone with my child are heard by my ex and don't have a problem with that.

I would appreciate hearing multiple perspectives on this to get a better sense of the appropriate response for this situation.

Thanks for any opinions you can share![/quote]

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