DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “Ellis,” a wonderful man, for a year and a half. This is a second marriage for each of us. My older children are on their own.
Ellis has three boys (ages 15, 21 and 23) who live with us. The oldest is autistic. My husband and his ex-wife, “Mia,” share joint custody, but our home is the primary home.
Mia is supposed to have the kids two days a week and every other weekend. We have the children come to our house after school because she works and the law is, if there is child care, both parents must pay equally. Mia takes full advantage of our kindness and usually doesn’t pick the kids up until 9 p.
m. on her nights. Sometimes, she doesn’t show up at all, which leaves us all hanging.
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