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Woodland Creatures

As you are soon to be aware, the mighty LM is off wrangling bears with the boys on a scout camping trip. I was invited to go, but when I found out that, not only would they be sleeping in “lean-tos”, there are facilities, with like actual plumbing, I turned my nose up and declared them incompetent in the natural elements. Then I laughed as I saw the pile of camping gear LM had packed. Keep in mind this photo includes no necessities like, food, cooking gear, or toilet paper (because that’s provided by the “camp”!) (Okay, one last dig, it’s not camping when you have pizza for dinner in the “lean-to”.)

I don’t think I helped matters when on a recent walk S2, a full and proud 6 years old, said, “there aren’t any bears or wolves in the forest right, because why would we camp there if there were?” To which I replied, “no, they are all staying at the hotel while you take over the forest.” I don’t think he got the joke, as he repeatedly discussed the reasons the forest was safe. I stopped myself from pointing out the other boyscouts that have gone missing in the past, because that’s the kind of stepmother I am.

But seriously, now that LM is out of the picture, errr, I mean out of town, it’s time to get down to business. For the past couple of years I had been begging him to create this blog, but for personal reasons, ie the expensive ass custody procedures, we put it off. Now that it’s finally done, not the draining of money by any means, but the blog is here, we do actually have some plans as to what we would like to accomplish! I know, can you imagine? We don’t actually just write here to amuse ourselves! Okay, maybe a little. So, I am asking for your input. I know what I want to do, but does anyone really care about my thoughts? Um, no, trust me, you don’t. (It’s mostly about wine, fabric, gardening and a little feng shui) (Did I spell that right?)

So, what do you need help with? Are there experts you would like to hear from? Parental alienation conferences? Software that will help you build a custody case, track problems, etc? Ideas on how to help your children through this mess? A getaway weekend for non-nons? A support group to rant and rave about issues? A class on how to channel anger while reading viscious e-mails? Let us know!

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Happy New Year Everyone!

May the year ahead be better than all which preceded 2008. Best wishes and God Bless.

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About The Psycho Ex Wife

The Psycho Ex Wife is the true account of a marriage, divorce, and subsequent custody fight between a loving man, his terroristic ex-wife who suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder (at least from our armchair psychologist diagnosis), and the husband’s new partner.

We are NOT anti-mother or simply pro-father, we believe all children deserve BOTH parents, unless there are serious issues which prevent one parent from providing a stable, loving environment. An environment where the children are encouraged to love and be loved by both parents.

We offer a view few judges will ever see. For attorneys, custody evaluators, guardians ad-litem, and judges, a custody case ends with their decision. They make a ruling and walk away with nary a care as to how clients can, and do, go against the orders they have handed down. They don’t have to deal with the ongoing parental alienation the children hear as soon as the losing parent goes home, the withheld phone calls due to a parents anger, the hundreds of e-mails, voice-mails and direct confrontations, or false abuse allegations, until of course one party files in court yet again. When a judge gets tired of “frequent filers” (a direct quote from our judge) they now have parenting coordinators to whom they hand off annoying clients. We wish we could hand the psycho ex-wife off, but alas, we can’t. We are stuck dealing with her and so you must suffer with us. (Ha! Just kidding, we have fun, too!) Yes, some of it will have a humorous slant, too.

We hope that by sharing our story, we will effect change in the divorce cartel. We don’t sugarcoat issues, although we do try to protect the innocent. You will read actual e-mails, transcripts, false child abuse charges, and custody evaluations, the result of over $80,000 in legal fees (not including the psycho ex wife’s legal bills) and 4-years of litigation.

We now include or will be offering soon: advice columns (from us and soon – from real experts), workshops, book reviews, tales from the real world (this means you), articles with review & analysis, and more! It is our sincere hope that our ideas, suggestions, and insight will be helpful to you, the ones you love, and who love you as you work your way through your own unique situation. We realize that these issues are not gender-specific and hope you’ll understand that our posts will very often be rooted in our own experiences. With that in mind, we hope you will stick around to the end – a lot of the information we offer is helpful to both genders!

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