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All I'm saying is that it's important that parents work TOGETHER in the best interest of the CHILD and leave whatever anger or resentment they have toward each other out of it.  And the best interest is always 50/50 (unless there is some sort of actual physical abuse happening).  [/quote]

How is your co-parenting relationship with your ex now? Did things improve?[/quote]

Thanks for asking.  Yes, things did improve greatly.  We are now in a place where we are working as a united front on most issues and call each other with info regarding behavior, concerns, and school.  Our daughter is a junior and this is a big year with SAT Prep and college plans.  We are working well together to support her and address stress and behavior issues so as to best help her through it all.

Remember that this all started with her seeking sole custody and as you can imagine, I would not stand for that.  The temporary custody was initially 1 night a week and every other weekend (EOW).  I did this so as not to make waves and because my daughter kind of wanted it (she was about 11 at the time).

Even during this time my ex and I were able to have civil discussions regarding her education, extra curricular activities, medical needs, and schedule despite the fact that we were engaged in a bitter and angry battle.  There were problems, struggles, and disagreements along the way which I will share if you're interested but my goal was always to be civil in the interest of being good co-parents.

My further hope was that it would allow my ex and I to be friends of sorts and get to a place where we leave the past in the past and move forward as a family in this new form where we each have our own lives and can come together for things like graduations, meaningful occasions, birthdays, weddings, grandchildren, etc.  I guess time will tell because the jury's still out on that.    [/quote]

I would guess--and would hope--that neither your ex or your child will put your cheating in the past. You sound horrible.[/quote]

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