Thursday, July 28, 2005
X Issues
About two weeks ago, Oliver told his mom that he wanted to come back to live in Ottawa with us for the upcoming school year. Until age 12, he had lived half time in both of his parents homes in Ottawa (joint custody). Then his mom decided to move to BC - not for a job or any other reasonable reason, just because she felt like it. After a year of strife, Oliver decided to try living in BC with her and ended up living there for the past two school years.
Oliver is now starting high school and has decided that Ottawa has more to offer him. There are many reasons he wants to live here, including his family being here and his best friend.
This week has been very stressful due to the fact that Oliver's mother showed up suddenly and is demanding to see him. She is very aggressive and threatening, so Oliver is refusing to speak to her, even on the phone. It is a very difficult situation which is worsened because Eric is afraid to speak to her as well. She suffers from manic depression and can be very intimidating when she starts screaming. We have a situation where we may have to call the police if she attempts to enter our home, which really sucks.
For now, Eric and Oliver have written her a letter explaining what his wishes are and why he doesn't want to see her right now. We are concerned about how she will handle this and are trying to protect him from the worst of it.
Oliver is now starting high school and has decided that Ottawa has more to offer him. There are many reasons he wants to live here, including his family being here and his best friend.
This week has been very stressful due to the fact that Oliver's mother showed up suddenly and is demanding to see him. She is very aggressive and threatening, so Oliver is refusing to speak to her, even on the phone. It is a very difficult situation which is worsened because Eric is afraid to speak to her as well. She suffers from manic depression and can be very intimidating when she starts screaming. We have a situation where we may have to call the police if she attempts to enter our home, which really sucks.
For now, Eric and Oliver have written her a letter explaining what his wishes are and why he doesn't want to see her right now. We are concerned about how she will handle this and are trying to protect him from the worst of it.
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I hope this situation resolves itself well. That must be a hard thing for Oliver to deal with at his age.
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