Originally Posted by
ScottFromWI 
I think you are getting the law (justice) and sin (fairness) confused again to be honest. Pursuing your legal right would not be considered "manipulation". And you also have a hearing coming up this week that may end in your favor anyway, correct?
Thank you for this, Scott. Yes, GMO, this is what I was alluding to. I didn't become a doormat just because I hurt other people while I was drinking, and there's nothing sober about doing so.
Manipulation is the kind of thing you imagine that your wife and current husband may be up to. In the end, this will only hurt them and their relationships with your children and with each other. Unfortunately, and as usual, it's the children who suffer most.