Today I am headed into the custody courtroom again to defend The Ex’s suit against me. He wants to take Nathaniel and Serena out of the Waldorf school they have always gone to and send them to public school next year and forever. We made the decision jointly years ago that Nathaniel and Serena would greatly benefit from attending a Waldorf school as opposed to the public school that was next door to us at the time. Nathaniel, being a sensitive boy (who has grown up to play the cello and juggle), would have been lost in the sea of public school.
The Ex claims he cannot afford the tuition, but he keeps two cars, only one of which he drives, and that one isn’t the expensive Jaguar that he keeps for show, to leave parked in the parking lot across the street from me. He also has had more than two weeks vacation just in the past two months. So he clearly can afford the tuition.
Send me your thoughts and wishes today, if you will. I’ll keep you posted, but this one I’m gonna win.
Update: I won! Thanks for your thoughts and wishes.
[tags]Waldorf school, children, divorce, court, ex husbands, petty, small penis[/tags]
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:47 am
My Thoughts and PRAYERS are with YOU and the Children
today………….. I LOVE YOU!!!
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:57 am
Kick his butt.
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:37 am
Yes yes. I am a huge fan of Waldorf education and I’m sorry the ex has lost sight of his committments. Prayers and good thoughts coming your way!
March 2nd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Update: I won! Awesome!
March 2nd, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Wow – what next?
maybe the dog poop folks move away?
You are on a roll!
cynzim
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 pm
I’m catching this late, but I am glad to hear that you won.
March 3rd, 2007 at 12:20 am
Rock on! So happy for you…
March 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 am
coming in late too but it is nice to hear that finally justice prevails in our court systems….my work as a social worker it so very often didnt.
you are just so amazing and resilient. what a great mama and those are really lucky kids and I really know that karma is going to come out on your side my friend…..
March 3rd, 2007 at 4:45 am
Well done!
March 4th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Congratulations! Well worth a battle against Mr. Jaguar-driving-holiday-going-tight-ass! Humph!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Why would Ex park a nice car across from you where you could check on it or key it?
Did you get anything in the divorce for the cars or did the Ex get them after?
Is Waldorf always better than public? It probably costs more than 15 grand for 2, so does 2 weeks of holiday clearly mean that the Ex can swing tuition for 2? The court agreed, but what did they say and how expensive was the divorce? Numbers?? A lot of guys get creamed when kids are involved.
Is it really fun to battle against Mr. Jag-driving-holiday-going?
March 5th, 2007 at 8:55 am
Jeez Reflective, you sound like you’re challenging me. You wouldn’t be a divorced or divorcing dad by chance, would you? You sound bitter.
A lot of your questions could have been answered had you read further.
The car is owned jointly. He agreed to sell it a year and a half ago when we separated. I attempted to assist with this by lining up potential buyers, but he refused. I also attempted to sell the car two years before that but got sidetracked with a fragile, frail, medically-challenged newborn. He could have made an effort then too.
Why would he park the car across the street from me? A better question is why would he move to a place across the street from me, given that there were hundreds of other options? Why would I key my own car?
Is Waldorf “always” better? Nothing is “always” anything. The fact is, this school is better for MY children, and once upon a time (pre-divorce), HE agreed. End of story. He’s only changed his story now because he doesn’t like the way it hits him in the pocketbook, AND it’s another way to retaliate against me (and shows how much he cares about the children!).
He had two weeks of holiday; I’ve had to scrimp and scrape to get by, cobbling together several work-at-home jobs so I can stay with the children while he goes off to South America with his girlfriend.
Numbers? Are you kidding? You expect me to post that here? Maybe I should tell you the story he told me once, a “hypothetical” story about a stay-at-home mom who clearly (to him) deserved none of her husband’s hard-earned money, even though she had stayed home with their children, kept the house, waited on him hand and foot for over ten years, all because the work she did in and around the house for him and for and with the children somehow didn’t “count” the way his work did. So much for thinking there was anything like a team effort.
Is it fun to battle? OF COURSE NOT!! Why would I WANT to have to go through this?? If you had read back, you would have found out more of what has transpired. But I guess you couldn’t be bothered, or you already had your mind made up. Why would a guy who was hardly ever home and rarely spent time with the children, leaving all of their care and decisions about them to his wife for years and years suddenly petition for full custody, EXCEPT to retaliate against his wife because he can’t stand the thought that she no longer wants him?
Why do I have to explain myself to YOU, when you can’t be bothered to identify yourself?
March 8th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Hi Karen!
Great thing you won!!!
I was in shock when I read it.
You can do it, babe.
I am proud of you.
You should not key your own car.
But you could ask Joe to let his dogs poop next to the drivers side car door – maybe little circles around the car.
This keeps two absolutely unwanted and certainly short brained men occupied.
Take care,
Janine