FDH and I have discussed over the past few months about decreasing our 'visitation' with SD6, as she has a biological father in her life (who wants to be more involved), BM gets paid child support to have her and we get nothing but feel obligated to take her. We decided that we should move towards an "optional" schedule with her -- you know, say "Hey we're going to the movies tonight, can we take SD, too?" rather than having a set schedule to take her. When SD6 goes to her biodad's house, they make her feel guilty for coming to ours.

FDH and BM decided to move to a true EOW schedule. Starting next Sunday, we will have SS3 Sunday-Sunday and then a week off. I asked FDH if he is thinking about modifying the stipulation to signify that it is now joint custody, or if he will call CS Enforcement Agency to see about lowering his child support.

You know...kind of like the "how many licks does it take to get to the center of the lollipop?"...

But seriously, how many texts a month would you say is normal? And how many texts would you say a month is interfering with your life - full time work and parenting? Now I'm talking outgoing AND incoming....which I would assume are somewhere in relation to each other as you typically respond to any incoming.

After I hear some answers I will share why I'm asking

that I have to see her dumb name in my inbox almost daily. Well atleast since we started this email/Google calendar business. I don't know if I like that.

Oh, and she's so dumb that she added her next pedicure, highlight, manicure, hair cut, facial, and brazilian wax to the KID'S calendar rather than her own...so we got an 'invite' to all of these appointments. I emailed her and alerted her about it and she goes, "ohh. Oops."