My stepson's mom signed him up for extracurricular activities that take place twice a week over the course of the summer, without my husband's agreement. (When she asked if he would agree on the activity and contribute to half of the expense, he told her no because he did not believe this was a necessary activity, because he was against it occuring twice a week during the summer months, and because he felt the cost was too high. My husband even provided her with suitable alternatives that were much more affordable and that would not interfere with his access or vacation times. Well, my stepson's mom signed the child up for the activity anyway, claiming she felt it was in the child's best interest to be enrolled. FYI - She is now still hounding my husband for monetary contribution towards this costly expense.)
We finalized our summer schedule with her (pick up and drop off times and locations, vacation periods, etc.) about a week ago. Everything seemed just fine, until she remembered the extracurricular activity. She now wants us to either promise to bring the child back to her home town two nights a week (1.5 hours away, one way) for a 45min activity, or forego those vacation days and drop the child off the morning of the day of the activity and pick him up again the next morning, the day following the activity. (The way we see it, her two options are one and the same, as they necessitate the same amount of driving.)
My husband kindly replied that he'll keep the activity times in mind and that if our schedule, time and money (a 3-hr round trip is costly in gas) permit, we will try to bring the child to the activity. But we make no guarantees.
She did not reply in kind to his response, and is claiming that my husband is not acting in the best interest of the child, and that he is only being selfish and hurting the child by not allowing him to attend his activities.
Any suggestions on how we should go about resolving this matter?
We finalized our summer schedule with her (pick up and drop off times and locations, vacation periods, etc.) about a week ago. Everything seemed just fine, until she remembered the extracurricular activity. She now wants us to either promise to bring the child back to her home town two nights a week (1.5 hours away, one way) for a 45min activity, or forego those vacation days and drop the child off the morning of the day of the activity and pick him up again the next morning, the day following the activity. (The way we see it, her two options are one and the same, as they necessitate the same amount of driving.)
My husband kindly replied that he'll keep the activity times in mind and that if our schedule, time and money (a 3-hr round trip is costly in gas) permit, we will try to bring the child to the activity. But we make no guarantees.
She did not reply in kind to his response, and is claiming that my husband is not acting in the best interest of the child, and that he is only being selfish and hurting the child by not allowing him to attend his activities.
Any suggestions on how we should go about resolving this matter?
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