Lately my ex has taken to running late when she has to pick up our daughter. We live about 2 hours apart, I pick up our daughter at the start of my time with her, and my ex picks her up when she goes back to my ex. I am the kind of person who really likes to be ready for things, so when I know that when my ex is supposed to be there at a certain time I make sure our daughter is all ready, has gone to the washroom and is ready to get on the road, and unless its bad weather we are outside (usually playing or something like that) a few minutes before. This helps with making it so my ex does not have to wait around.
My wife and I have a 1 month old now. Lately my ex has been running later and later, which means that our daughter is waiting longer and longer for her mom. Usually 20-30 minutes or so which is manageable but frustrating. Today, we did the exchange in the morning as my ex requested that she pick up our daughter this morning instead of yesterday afternoon. I explained to her that I will be at work, but my wife is more than happy to accommodate. My ex ran an hour behind, and when I txted her at the 45 minute point to ask for an eta since our newborn needed to be fed and our daughter was wondering where mommy is, my ex went ballistic on me saying traffic is bad and all this stuff and she is doing what she can. All I asked is that if she is running more than 15 minutes behind can she please tell us so that we can be ready, and plan accordingly.
Sorry for the vent.... I just wish that some things were easy. Overall things are decent with my ex and I and have been for awhile, but now that we have a newborn we need to plan our day slightly differently.
Thank you for input.
My wife and I have a 1 month old now. Lately my ex has been running later and later, which means that our daughter is waiting longer and longer for her mom. Usually 20-30 minutes or so which is manageable but frustrating. Today, we did the exchange in the morning as my ex requested that she pick up our daughter this morning instead of yesterday afternoon. I explained to her that I will be at work, but my wife is more than happy to accommodate. My ex ran an hour behind, and when I txted her at the 45 minute point to ask for an eta since our newborn needed to be fed and our daughter was wondering where mommy is, my ex went ballistic on me saying traffic is bad and all this stuff and she is doing what she can. All I asked is that if she is running more than 15 minutes behind can she please tell us so that we can be ready, and plan accordingly.
Sorry for the vent.... I just wish that some things were easy. Overall things are decent with my ex and I and have been for awhile, but now that we have a newborn we need to plan our day slightly differently.
Thank you for input.
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