Mama said, Mama said.
February 21, 2010
Abbey was running late at the end of her dad’s visitation.
Nothing new.
Texted me about it.
Melissa didn’t call.
She never does.
How hard is it to call and let a parent know that you’re running late with her child?
She finally called me father – not me – a trick she always uses to make her point that my word in this doesn’t matter.
Abbey got home and said Melissa told her to tell me it is her time until she gets dropped off.
She didn’t text me that.
She’s smarter than her stepmother.
Using a child to mouth off through her to her mother is NOT wise.
Especially when it’s not HER time, it’s her FATHERs time.
That ends at 6 pm.
NOT being on time doesn’t extend their visitation time.
It just means they are in contempt of court… over something that isn’t important enough for me to pay a lawyer a few hundred dollars an hour to fix.
Mouthing off and trying to piss me off means they’ve hired a lawyer and round two has begun.
Abbey confirmed it.
So frustrating. She’s not responsible enough to have custody of my daughter if she can’t communicate between adults when it’s needed.
And. The ego of it all.
This is my child. my CHILD.
We’re not playing chess.
This is a HUMAN BEING. Someone she is responsible for while Abbey is in her care.
Point? This isn’t about Melissa.
I wish she’d get that.
13 years later and she still doesn’t get that.
it sucks that abbey is being put in the middle of all this, especially when she’s at a crazy age. she’s getting hit on all fronts.
melissa really shouldn’t have a dog in this fight. the only reason i can understand is that she’s standing up for her man. says *alot* about abbey’s dad, that he fights his battles through his wife. or that she feels threatened by you, that if you control visitation, you could steal abbey’s dad back too (hahahahhaah) and upend her life.
some people are small and selfish and insecure, and can’t possibly fathom that you may not think and act like themselves. but that doesn’t give them any excuse to manipulate your daughter.
continue on the high ground. and have a margarita
She will never ever get it. It just breaks my heart for Abbey though. That is so awful to put her in those positions..I mean..really…I wondered how all of this was going….