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Old 07-10-2008, 07:40 PM
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I just started co-parenting with my STBXAW. Thankfully, it has been going well--she has progressed from supervised to half-unsupervised visitation every weekend. We communicate very effectively about our 4 kids via email. However, today we started family therapy/co-parenting counseling, and it felt like I was back living with her--the same negative, toxic, berating, controlling person. She basically tried to manipulate me into getting back together with her, citing the "in sickness and in health" part of our marriage vows. I didn't feel like getting into an argument (like always) so I didn't bring up the fact that once you commit acts of abuse, as she did, the abusee is released from the marriage (according to my rudimentary knowledge of divorce law). This was in the waiting room, by the way--not even in session.
So, I would definitely recommend doing the best you can to set boundaries if you get in a co-parenting/family counseling situation.
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