By stillnotdivorced - 27/08/2016 01:46 - United States - Boxborough

Today, my soon-to-be ex-wife decided she'll be moving into my apartment complex. She always goes out of her way to pick fights with me every chance she gets, has alienated my children from me and has made what should be a very simple divorce into a ridiculously long and contentious one. FML
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OP here. First of all, I want to thank everyone for their support. I get a lot of face-to-face support, and I'm not sure why the support of a bunch of strangers on the Internet is so meaningful, but it is. So thanks! Second, I want to provide a bit more detail. Not much more, as I don't want to say anything that will be too identifying or potentially useful for her if we ever go to trial: Thanks to the fairness of the system here and some actions she took initially, we have had 50/50 shared parenting time with the kids since almost the beginning. So I've been able to spend a lot of time with my kids, and when they forget they are supposed to hate me, it's been great! Then they remember, and things get very, very hard. And regardless of the challenges of having her here in the complex, this move of hers *will* make things easier on the kids - they'll be able to walk from household to household on transition days instead of getting driven. Much less disruptive. So yes, there is a silver lining. I like all of the suggestions of tracking or even recording all of our interactions. I'll have to check into the legality of actually recording, but writing down what happens and is said as soon afterward as possible is a great idea, and I'm going to add it to my toolkit. I also like the idea of having witnesses around. I don't think a restraining order is a possibility without a specific action on her part. But rest assured - if she does something that warrants it (see what I did there?), I will seek one. Thanks again, everyone!

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My mom is the same way, OP. Try not to let her get to you, or ask the court for joint custody of your kids. Good luck!

Ditto! I didn't think divorcing my mom would be so difficult, but there you go…

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Happened to my stepped-dad too. She pushed the divorce 5 1/2 years. Hang in there OP

Unlucky1232 20

well 1 thing you can do in this case.... hire Agent 47

And, custody or no (though hopefully yes) his children will be closer to him. This could backfire on the mean ex-wife.

Is there any way you can get a restraining order?

I 100% sympathize. My ex husband decided to try to turn my friends and family against me, tried to convince everyone I was dangerous and crazy all because I wasn't screaming at him, came by with the cops once to "protect" him even though he had been attacking me to the point I tried to kill myself to make it stop, wouldn't talk to me for three months even though he was the one who asked for the divorce, suddenly files for divorce decides he want half of the stuff in the house even though we had previously agreed after he left the first time everything was mine to keep, takes only half of what he asked for treating me like I'm going to stab him the entire time (I didn't have the time nor the money to fight him), has been keeping contact with my dad and moves an hour away from my nephew. Tldr version: people are flipping nuts and some how it's your fault in the end.

no offense, but I don't understand that last sentence at all. if it's a divorce it means you had a part in its demise

it means she has dragged out finalising the divorce, when it should have been simple and finalised quickly. whether he had a part in its demise or not has no relevance to this.

who told you to get married and make kids with a wimpy grumpy fat mouthed bitch?