![]() ![]() She sees me, comes bolting out, asks if I can bring her home. Obviously I'm thinking a hundred and one things. Thats it, no response after I messaged her back. After school I finally get a text from my daughter, which literally reads, "daddy help". On Tuesday no messages again, so I shoot a text to her mom, who doesnt reply. She'll stop texting me goodnight one day. It was strange, she always messages me before bed - but I brushed it off, she's growing up. She texted me on and off through school, and once more when she was picked up, but I didnt hear from her again that day. ![]() When she's at her moms she texts me quite a bit, she has cats here she wants to be updated on mostly.Īnyway, I dropped her off at school on Monday, and her mom picked her up like usual. I pay for a phone for her so she can keep in contact with both of us, she's smart with it and its never been an issue before. Her husband also has a son our daughters age. ![]() My ex remarried when our daughter was five, and now has two younger kids. I and my ex split when our daughter (13) was about two, and have always had split custody, 50/50. ![]()
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