Weird feeling about tonight. My kids are in a play at the daycare. They are both so excited as they have been rehearsing for weeks and many parents will be there tonight. My little one could care less who comes with her dad, she loves being in the spotlight and is not that self-conscious (one of the pluses being 7) but my older child had a meltdown last night. Against her wishes, her dad is bringing not only his girlfriend but also her two kids. She was afraid to say anything more to her dad after she found out because she could tell there wasn't going to be any choice and then put down the phone and went ballistic, sobbing, why mommy, why is daddy doing this when I asked him not to ? She doesn't even want to be in the play but we talked about it and she's more okay now. I don't know, I guess when you're with someone, you want them everywhere with you, but seriously, is it not enough that you spend all your weekends together, do you have to show up at these functions together too ? do the kids' feelings not count in this? What's everybody's experience wiht this ? I guess it'll be okay seeing him there with her and her kids, at my kids' school but it sure feels weird and frankly I don't know why she would want to be there. This co-parenting thing really sucks sometimes.