Xmas day.... thought it would be long and slow, but not as bad as I thought, when i say i didn't miss daught, I don't mean I didn't want to see/have her, but more so that I coped well with not beign with her. Popped to a mate's in the morning, and then to brothers for lunch. His kids weren't too much of a nightmare, as I had feared !!  Got back 4:30 and popped to same mate again for a bit. Got back 6pm and watched TV, which i was happt with. then stbx dropped dau round and was in a FOUL mood, saying she didn't like this "she drop her to me after having her xmas day" arrangement and it "would

The problem I find in life is that people are, generally speaking, judgemental - without actually knowing the full facts.

Take what happened in my life back in 1999 as an example - I left our marital home and soon moved in with another.

Now, all family members were disgusted, and from an outsiders point of view I think I would have been too - however what those judgemental people didn't realise is that, for as long as I can remember, I had been living with an arguementative, agressive, confrontational, cold calculating spendthrift. Not 'til after I had left did I fully go through our joint bank

Well... It's Monday and I have had a great weekend. Friday, G/F came round to me and we went out for a meal for her birthday and she stayed at my place.  She left Saturday morning and I then collected daughter. Had a fun morning with daughter then back to stbx at lunchtime before me and 2 friends went to watch football. I  would have normally had daughter in the evening but stbx had her overnight as I was out with 2 friends for a few drinks and food. Texts back and forth from G/F throughout evening, and even had a text chat with her best friend who had been staying at G/F house for 2 days