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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP what is the alternative?[/quote]

One home during the week and school year.

Other home during some weekends and summer.

50 -50 is for the guilty parents. If the parents cared at all about the kids they wouldn't put them through 50-50.[/quote]

Not a good alternative. Why should one person do all the work of parenting during the school year and the other one has all the fun of time off with the kids?[/quote]

So you think my ex was actively parenting the kids when we were married? I love that for you. No, he didn't even want full weekends and CERTAINLY didn't want Friday after school to Sunday mornings ('because then i lose friday night and saturday night!!') and finally agreed on Saturday at 5pm to Sunday to 5pm. After five or six Saturday nights of pizza for dinner they asked him to cook dinner. No. Then they'd read or play with whatever toy they brought before bed. Awake Sunday by 7am, and I finally told them they couldn't call me unless it was an emergency until 9am because it was my only morning to sleep late. So they'd call me at 9:02. Their father would sleep until noon or 1pm. Then he'd return them at 3pm. And get annoyed with me for not being home to receive them. "Where are you? I'll bring them to you."  They didn't shower there, they didn't get their hair brushed, got crap food, and their father didn't want them there.  Zero interest. Happy to pay child support and have me do all the  work.

Ugh, my friend’s exH hired a sitter when it was his weekend so he could date on Saturday night [/quote]

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