How does child have so many friends at dad’s house when she’s going to a school 30 minutes away? Most kids’ friends are at their school.

Mom needs to move back to the city (with grandma?) during her custodial time. It’s four years. Dad and stepmom need to stop the quiet alienation tactics and encourage a relationship with mom.

Going between houses is awful though, even without a 90 minute RT commute. Could a different schedule be worked out? Maybe weeknights with mom/grandma since that’s where the school is, and weekends and summers with Dad since that’s where the toys are?

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Anonymous wrote:Mom made a huge error in moving. It was illogical and now she’s in the entirely predictable situation she’s in. Teens generally grow tired of 50/50 in the best of circumstances. She was wrong to move. To put the kid first, she had to either move again or give up a lot of time with him.

Mom's reasoning at the time was that it was for her mental health. A long term relationship she had been in had just ended. She went through a reinventing herself phase, started yoga, made this move, changed a few things in her life to be healthier and happier. She decided she didn't want to live in an apartment in the city and needed a more serene, peaceful environment with space where she could spend time in nature, listen to birds, have a garden etc.

Lol. Mom needs to get over herself and go what’s best for the child she bright into this world.

I’m a single parent and I’d love to move out to the country and live in peace but I don’t do it because I’m not the only person this change would affect.