Need feedback before I send this letter:
This ties in with my last post about SM doing the communication regarding my son's visit with his dad. I'm trying not to come accross as a crazy BM but I'd like for my position to be clear.
She had originally asked for me to work with her under the guise that she was 'surprising' her hubby with a visit from the child. Now he has court ordered visitation for 2 weeks in June and 2 weeks in July and hasn't said anything about utilizing that time (he never has utilized it!). I agreed to coordinate with her for two reasons 1)Son wants to see his dad and 2)I'm generally a nice person who likes to do nice things for others. Her story has changed several times since our first conversation. She was first going to fly son down and back, then supposedly BIODAD would be in our town for job training and he would p-up son on his way back to their home town, now she says that she will be in town visiting her family and would like to p-up son while she's here. Something just sounds FISHY!
Here's the letter I've drafted so far....thoughts? I've edited the personal info.
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I'll have to look at the times that CHILD could fly home. I work that day until 5:30 and with traffic it would take me a while to get to the airport, so late evening would likely be better. It might actually be best to have him return to me on Sunday August 8th. I'll let you know what I decide in the next day or two so you can purchase the ticket as early as possible.
I'm confused as to why you would need to pick up CHILD on PICK-UP DATE. In an earlier message you stated that BIODAD was going to be here in town for training until PICK-UP DATE, that's the whole reason we started looking at these particular dates instead of the ones I originally offered. Did something change where he's not going to be in town now? If not, I would expect that BIODAD would be the one to pick up CHILD. If so, perhaps we should look at some other dates.
As a general rule, I believe that BIODAD and I should be the only two people coordinating visitation schedules/plans for CHILD. Because I thought this was a "surprise" from you for BIODAD, I agreed to discuss the matter with you instead. However, when BIODAD talked to CHILD on May 29th, BIODAD already knew about the plans and spoke to CHILD about them. Since it's no longer a "surprise" that his son will be coming to visit, I ask that any further communication regarding this visit and all future visits be coordinated by myself and BIODAD.
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Glad I posted this here
Glad I posted this here before I sent it! Took your advice and called biodad. Conversation was short and problem has been solved. I'm going to e-mail SM and mention that per my conversation with EX that kiddo will fly home on xx date at xx time so she can purchase the ticket. Since I'm sure she will be the one doing that because that's what we do as women!
He claims he'll be here for training but she would be able to pick up kiddo earlier than he would. I just decided to let that one go. As long as the kid is happy and getting to do what he wants to do then that's all that matters. I think in the future if she calls or e-mails about scheduling I'll just ask her to have Biodad call me.
Thanks ladies!
I think it also gets the
I think it also gets the message across of your preference to talk to BIODAD rather than her.
I think that's a pretty reasonable expectation on your part. I also think that it's probably more comfortable for her as well...
~CG