Living your life as a single parent that shares custody has a lot of high-highs and low-lows.
When I first left my ex, my single parent friends all told me that it was actually a pretty great lifestyle. I didn’t believe them. They must have been making the best of a bad situation, right? I mean, when you’re young and thinking about your future nobody ever dreams of being a single, middle-aged parent swiping on Tinder.
However, if you’re going through an acrimonious court battle, every decision starts to take on an exaggerated meaning. If I give my child an applesauce pouch made in China, will the ex bring it up in court? Will letting my child stay up an hour later to watch the end of that movie be construed as bad parenting?This can become exhausting, and although your ex may not be hovering, the specter of the court certainly can be. See? Single parenting can be liberating, except when it’s not.
My daughter gets to spend all day watching an iPad at my ex’s house. At mine, she’s never watched a single TV show or movie without me on the couch next to her . But if you’re like me, kids’ birthday parties are part of the parenting experience too. I love watching my daughter play with her friends! If that party falls on your custody day, though, good luck -- you may never even hear about it. And don’t even get me started on how to figure out which parent gets to take home which pieces of artwork after school for the archives.
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