Ex-etiquette: The police have bigger problems than your parenting disagreements
Q. My ex has always tried to manage me. It has always been a problem and led to our breakup. I want to take our two adolescent sons, ages 10...
All Stories
Ex-etiquette: ‘Dad never feeds us!’
Q. Each time my son goes to see his father, I get a phone call telling me there is no food in the house. My son tells me he’s starving....
Ex-etiquette: Funeral etiquette
Q. I’m wondering if I should attend my former mother-in-law’s funeral. I have had no contact with her since our breakup, years ago, but my children remained close to both...
Ex-etiquette: You can’t change your ex
Q. Although my ex has never been officially diagnosed, she must have some sort of affliction because no one could be as terrible as she is without having something. That’s...
Ex-etiquette: How to explain a name change to a child
Q. My biological brother is 17 years younger than me. My parents always said he was a surprise. He is now 8, and we have a very special relationship. I...
Ex-etiquette: Our co-parenting counselor is our referee
Q. We are in co-parenting counseling and my ex will tell a story that is almost the exact opposite of what happened. She’s so wrong! I have the text messages...
Ex-etiquette: Different parenting styles
Q. My children’s father and I parent differently. He’s laid back, I like a schedule. He likes to eat in front of the TV, I make the kids eat at...
Asking Eric: Fellow girl scout parent won’t stop complaining
My issue: A Girl Scout dad engages me constantly during troop meetings, telling me about the latest horror of his ugly separation and upcoming divorce, usually within earshot of the...
Ex-etiquette: Advice for child exchanges
Q. How do you suggest I deal with a lying ex? We were at our child exchange and I hear him telling our child a story that was such a...
Ex-etiquette: I’m 6 months pregnant and he’s still married
Q. I need advice. When I met my ex-boyfriend, he said he was divorced, but I found out that he wasn’t divorced, only separated. He said he was going back...