Ex trying to blackmail me?
Context: a couple of years ago, my 2 kids were at my ex husbands house for their week with him. We share custody 50/50. It was in February and we live in North Dakota. I was on my way to work and my job is down the street from our children’s school. My ex lives approximately 1/2 mile from their school so the kids were walking and I happened to pass them on my way to work. It was -11° F and my son had no winter jacket on. He had a long sleeved sweatshirt , but that was it. His face was so dang red, so I told my kids to get in the car and I would give them a ride to school. Needless to say I was furious. I calmly texted my ex-husband and asked him why the children walked to school when it was below zero and he blew up at me. Said his truck wouldn’t start and told me to fuck off and leave him alone. I told him I completely understood his truck not starting, but did not understand why on earth he would not call me to help give the kids a ride to school instead of making them walk anyhow?? basically this is someone that hates me so much more than he loves our kids. Every action or text to me is full of spite and hate, and it’s completely clouded his parenting abilities. And if I’m being honest, I think he would love nothing more than for me to unalive myself, which is why he is constantly harassing me via text and email and trying to turn everyone against me, all for leaving him and exposing his atrocious behavior. Anyhow, I digress… one of his last texts to me that day was hinting that he was going to try to blackmail me with my employer. He seems to think I have a mental illness when in reality I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety after our divorce because the post separation abuse has been horrific. I am consistently being threatened, bullied, mocked and being told I’m “crazy”. I am consistently worried he’s going to try to sabotage my job. Is this something I should use in court to show the judge the blackmail and bullying I have experienced? And in the very next sentence, he’s reminding me to vote for him in a political election in our town. I believe he’s highly mentally unstable and I am very concerned for our children.