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if you share custody with your ex...

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can you talk to me about how you cope with that? how painful is it to be away from dc? do you get used to it? how can you trust your ex with dc? do you have peace of mind? tia!
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  • MominatorMominator
    My 14 y/o has a different father than my 2 youngest and I share custody with his father. From the get go (DS was 2 y/o when we split) we have had 50/50 custody. In the beginning it was very hard for me. I think that what made it easier is our schedule. We had a 2 week schedule that we would follow, for ex M with me, T,W,Th with his Dad, F,Sat,Sun,Mon with me, T,W with his Dad, Th with me, Fri,Sat,Sun with his Dad, etc.....or something alone those lines. I actually don't really remember our exact schedule anymore, we just kind of flip flop days around all over the place now. It has definitely gotten easier as DS has gotten older. His Dad and I have never had an official custody order in place and neither or us has ever gone after child support. We found a way to work things out between the 2 of us and believe it or not, 12 years later we are great friends, I am even friends with his wife. I realize that our situation is not the norm, but we have worked very hard to get where we are today.
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    DS goes to his dad's every-other weekend, and has since we broke up at 3 months old. It was hard at first and I really missed him, but now I take advantage of the time that he has him. This is my "me" time.

    The way I see it, he is his father, He loves him just as much as I do, and he won't put him into a situation to harm him.

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