Posts by bananabee

What kind of problems is she giving you? It may help to know that in the middle of a custody battle, or whatever it is exactly that you're going through, there are a lot of high emotions. In time, once things are decided and a routine...

Wow! He let you have a Christmas tree? Sounds like a GREAT husband. Kidding. Other than letting you have a tree and calling if he's going to be late, he sounds exactly like my ex. Hope you get out soon, because doing it all alone is...

Hah!! Good!! Sounds like you have a good lawyer. 

Just an idea: Call him "Uncle _____", and let your son get to know him that way, then when your son asks who his daddy is, tell him you didn't find a good daddy for him, so Uncle _____ helped you make him, and here he is! This...

Bumping up this thread for the newbies here, and also to see how everyone else who posted on here last year is doing. It's been 3 years since my XH walked out, 1 1/2 since the divorce was final, and DD is 2 1/2 yrs old. Life just gets...

I would listen to your family. Take him to court after the baby is born and paternity can be established. Until then, he can just deny it's his all he wants. Why spend time arguing when you have such great family support? It will just...

Yeah, no way. First you need to know if you are officially separated, so that from this point on, your finances are considered separate as far as new debt and new income. Are you bank accounts separate? Do you have a provisional...

Yes, I'll PM you.

Twice so far, once today and once yesterday, I've clicked on a thread or unread post and found myself staring and a full page ad saying I've won something or can enter to win $5,000, etc. 

I find my DD winds down better if I'm winding down myself. If she's not sleepy enough to put her head down and fall asleep, then we have a tickle game, then read a story or two, and then I let her look at books by herself. If I'm...