So - DFW is taking her kids to see their father - who is incarcerated. It's a 6 hour drive so they are going to use the President's Day weekend. That happens to be my "short" weekend as during the school year, I get my bios every Friday overnight and every other Saturday overnight.

She wanted me to NOT get my two because, according to her, my ex was going to start talking about where she and her kids were going and why. This situation might change down the road, but for right now, their father is in prison and they are going to visit him. There's no reason to skate around it and there's no reason to put off facing the fact that there might be times when I get my two kids and they've gone.

This was my logic in stating that I was going to get my kids. It's none my ex's damn business what goes on over here if it does not impact my kids. If she talks about anything, she's not going to say anything that hasn't been said already. She pushed back a little but stopped, for which I'm grateful or else the big guns would have come out, which are:

- It's not anyone's fault in this house that this guy is in prison for something he didn't do.
- It sucks that her kids have to deal with the pain of not seeing their father. It seriously does. But why should I give up time to spend with my two because of this? Why should I punish myself and my kids for this situation.

What she doesn't know is that this one is a dealbreaker. If she stipulates that it's "don't get your kids or else" then I'm going to tell her I'm taking Door #2. I love my fiance, but MY KIDS COME FIRST.