Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Dear DH....

On Sunday 26 April, you telephoned me and asked me if you could keep the boys for a third night. I said no, as the boys and I had arrangements for the Monday morning, and so you asked to return the boys home early by 6.30pm. When I rang you at 8.30pm to ask you where they were, you told me that you had "forgotten" to return them to me. You told me that they were at your home, with you, and told me that they would stay overnight.

This was an obvious act of pretending to agree with me and then doing exactly what you wanted to anyway.

On Sunday May 10, you dropped the boys back home to me ONE HOUR EARLIER than was usual. Without notifying me in advance.

Tonight, Wednesday 20 May, you dropped the boys back home to me ONE HOUR EARLIER than is usual. Without notifying me in advance.

This behaviour is exactly in tune with your habit of leaving the country without notifying me, and lying to me in person and in affidavits, but.... worse than that... it is DANGEROUS for the boys. You didn't check to see if I was home. You just dropped them off and drove away without caring whether they were locked out, or left at home alone. This is unbelievable behaviour from a man who is claiming to want to spend more time with his children.

The boys told me that you have enrolled in an Acting Class which will take place every Wednesday evening. And that, because of that class, you intend to drop them home by 6.30pm every Wednesday. You have neither asked me nor informed me of this change to our arrangement.

They tell me that you have been studying acting for a while now. I notice that you did not include fees for acting classes on your financial statements either to the Family Court of Australia or to the Child Support Agency. You also omitted to declare the house, monies and shares that you inherited from your father's estate to the Child Support Agency, and the monies and shares to the Family Court.

I know I can't convince you to stop lying to me and to the authorities, but I hope that I CAN convince you to stop putting the children at risk by dropping them off at home earlier than arranged without ensuring that I am there to look after them.

I will expect them at 6.30pm on Wednesdays from now on. Any change to this arrangement must be made with ME, by email. It is unforgivable to expect the boys to let me know about this or any other change to our arrangements.

Fe.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear DH,

You suck.

Sincerely,

Jeff

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Fe, please feel free to forward this letter to DH on my behalf. Thanks.

Ali said...

Will you be presenting this information to your lawyer? I think every little bit helps surely, He is as caring and involved a father as my ex who regularly pulls the 'dropping the kids off without checking' trick. I feel so frustrated for you that DH can get away with all of his crap.

MissyBoo said...

Grrrr....

xoxox

Dina Roberts said...

I think we'd ALL feel better if we put your DH's face on a punching bag.

I think all of us who read your blog need it.

Anonymous said...

That man does not need acting classes.

What that man needs is a $%^#%^*$%*$*ing great kick in the %^$%^#(&^%(*&%*(&^.

What you need Fe is lots of ((((HUGS)))).

xoxo

Wen said...

Just make sure to document this with your lawyer. Every bit helps until I can back to OZ and perform the promised upside the head with a cricket bat.

Anonymous said...

Hi Fe,I've been dropping in now and then and am moved to say JAYSUS, he is unbelievable. Sounds like he only wants the boys to get at you. Good luck with the new lawyer, she sounds kick ass. Just what you need.

Chapters From My Life said...

Hi Fe,
Hope you rememeber Farida from BCsupport. huh? Saw you on Jeff's blog and guessed it should be you. Never knew you much on support board but going through your blogs has been like knowing a totally different person. No person should neglect the safety precautions of the kids.. and a father should be more sensible. Will try to catch up with past blogs slowly.. BTW you and your kids are wonderful. Can I follow your blog?

Fe said...

Thanks Jeff. I wish I could introduce you to him. He'd smell your integrity and wisdom and it would make him feel like a small small man in comparison.

Yes Ali, I'll give this email to my lawyer. Hopefully I can attach it to my next affidavit as an annexure to go towards his character and behaviour. I'm so sorry that you have to deal with this stuff too. It shows SUCH selfishness to assume that you will ALWAYS be at home for the children. He does it SO often.

Thanks Lani. Grrrrr is right.

LOL Dina! I can send you a photo of his face for a punching bag anytime. I wish I HAD a punching bag. It would help enormously.

Thanks Guera. The idea of him suddenly taking up acting is SO funny. It goes with his ego I suppose. He really does think he's the bees' knees.

Thanks Wen. I look forward to that day!!

Welcome Jenny! Thanks for commenting! He is most definitely only doing this to get at me, and to get out of paying future and past child support. A decent human being could not treat his kids this way.

Welcome Farida! Of course I remember you from BC support! it's lovely to see you here... I just wish I had happier tales to tell on my blog right now. And of course you may follow my blog... I'd be honoured.

Anonymous said...

Just looked at your blog since a long long time and just read your last posting. It doesn't stop.... Looking forward to see you. Lots of love and strength for you. xxMariëlle

Blue said...

I'm assuming the "D" in "DH" stands for "D-ex-picable Husband"...right?!

Unfreakingbelievable. Not an easy situation for anyone...you especially, but the lovely boys either. They stand a very strong chance of turning out to be imitable, noble human beings entirely because of their darling angel mother though. Thanks for all you do despite your tough situation. You remind me of one of my favorite quotesPeople are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do it anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give the best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God….

It never was between you and them anyway.

Mother Teresa

Dina Roberts said...

Blue,

That is such a beautiful quote.

I'd like to tattoo it to my brain.

jeanie said...

I got tears from the quote.

Document, document, document - if you religiously keep a diary it will be admissable (but you have to document everything)

I actually really wish for you that he would wake up to himself a different person - it wouldn't change the past but would make for an easier future - but I realise that pipedreams are just that...

Fe said...

Thank you Blue.... that quote is just beautiful. I will print it up and put it on the wall behind my computer.

I know that the only thing that I absolutely WILL walk away with is my integrity, and I will not let him or anyone else take that away from me. My boys need a parent to show them how to deal with adversity by example, and I am trying to be that example to them. Of course, they also see that I cry sometimes and choke with frustration sometimes, but that I always recover and return to the loving Mum that they need.

Thank you for commenting with such care and wisdom.

Thanks Jeanie... I am documenting everything, but diary notes are not considered admissable as they can be added at any time. They are, however, wonderful tools to reference when writing affidavits. Emails are much more powerful as the court can, if necessary, check your computer for the day and time that it was sent.

I am such an optimist... truly. Part of the pain of this is that I truly expect him to wake up one day and to be the man that I knew during our five happy years of marriage together. It has taken this second protracted court case for me to finally write him off as un-changable. It's sad, because I feel that he must, somewhere, be struggling with a nagging feeling that he is doing the wrong thing. Of course he may not be struggling at all.... and I should just let go of that hope.

Fe said...

Oh.... and Blue.... the DH on my blog stands for "Dick Head". Blunt, but satisfyingly appropriate.

tiff said...

Dear DH,

You are a bleepity bleep bleep bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!

Sorry, Fe but what a wanker.

Hugs for you and for the boys.

LBA said...

I do not like this 'man'
Not one little bit.

Funny he has to take acting lessons .. I thought he was doing a pretty good job just naturally.