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JP just returned from a week’s vacation, and needless to say, I am inordinately excited to see him. This isn’t as much of a given as it might seem at first. One of the semi-rules (semi in the sense that I feel free to break them) I have established for myself as a divorced father [...]

From time to time, I wonder if JP would have been better off I’d never split up with his mother. It’s usually a micro-spasm of guilt at knowing he has to adjust to separation from one parent or the other all the time. Then I remember what it was liking living with his mother, and [...]

(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one question over the course of a week. For previous Tantrums, click here.)
I suppose the answer is … probably not, but who knows? Which isn’t really an answer and shouldn’t be read as such, but really as a jumping off point. In certain respects my esteemed [...]

Part of my ongoing divorce includes a custody agreement, which spells out vacation times with my son. Right now it’s spring break at the pre-school, and this year my ex gets JP all to herself (next year he’s MINE!). That means they are going on vacation together, and I’m feeling lonely.
To make matters both better [...]