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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He is probably just catching on that divorce makes it harder to plan the holidays and harder to get his child time with the extended family.  Men can be dense like that.  Or his family is just coming around to see that divorce is permanent and will be their reality every year.  Have some patience with him but you don't have to give him what he wants all the time.[/quote]

Just to clarify, there is no extended family in the mix. By his family I meant his wife and step-children. [/quote]

Given he little time he has and the fact that her dad has a new family, I think you could have tried harder to make it work.  Your daughter needs to find her place in that new family and avoiding a rushed breakfast is not a reason to get in the way of her opportunity to find that place.  [/quote]

If the dad wanted time the dad should have planned for it the first time they made an agreement.  He is trying to change the deal at the last minute and that is an annoying habit that OP does not have to indulge.[/quote]

We don't know the entire situation on why Dad didn't ask for more time.  Mom may have refused and Dad didn't want to fight it out in court for cost and everything else.  Dad is asking for a few hours extra on a holiday.  Mom has the child every day so that is not so much to ask or offer him alternatives.  She may not be flexible and he may have given up knowing what a nightmare she is to deal with.[/quote]

If it is so important to him he should have asked for it in the first round of negotiations.  [/quote]

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