I Never Actually Choked On My Pride, Any Of The Times I've Had To Swallow It

With the encouragement of a very good friend, I worked up the nerve to discuss my son's new behaviors with my ex-husband. It went very, very well. I explained what happened, and asked if I could count on him as backup. He agreed, and said he would be willing to sit down with us and have a discussion. I asked him to think about it a bit, and we could decide how to handle that discussion. It's important to me that my boy knows he can safely express his frustrations, but that he can't push me or put his hands on anyone else. I hope his father can find a good middle ground in his approach. We shall see. But I was very pleasantly surprised that the initial conversation went as well as it did. He thanked me for talking to him about it, he knew it must've been hard for me to do, because "we've been through some shit." Here's hoping this is a step in the right direction toward doing what's best for our son.