Advice or Common Experiences?
Last week I left home with my 12yo son because I cannot after over a decade continue living in the vicious cycle of alcoholism. We are staying close to home due to school, but Q will have to be the one to move out of the house because the place is part of my job. He is refusing to separate, refusing to look for a permanent residence of his own even though I have offered him 6 weeks to make this adjustment. He says he will go to a hotel for a few days and just begging us to come back home...a lot of manipulation and gaslighting, you know the drill. My son has seen him 2x in the past week, a few minutes one evening and 2 hrs on Sunday. Yesterday he threatened to call the cops on me for keeping our son away from him and using my son as a tool to force his hand..... This is absolutely not my intention, but the only way I know how to get him to take me seriously is to be out of the house. Should I compromise with him and let him see our kid for an hour or so each day over the next few weeks, or stay in the house on Saturday so he can see our son? He says he will leave me alone if I come home but I have my doubts...and my kid definitely won't be left alone with him (he hasn't wanted to do that for a long time). I know I should talk to a lawyer and I will soon, just looking for some advice in the short term. Thanks