Christmas debriefing
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- December
- 27
The holidays were a success at my place, with tons of food, lots of smiles and two spoiled kids. In fact, the boys each got more presents than I probably got my entire childhood. As I’m sure is the case with most single parent homes, my son had a stack of presents at our place, and another stack waiting at his mom’s house, where he went at the end of the day on Christmas Day so he could open some presents with is stepbrother.
The value to all this, of course, is that both our boys were able to have a happy and fulfilling Christmas despite having non-traditional homes. Our Christmas morning brunch included both my ex and my girlfriend’s ex, with the added treat for her boy that his grandparents were in from out of town and shared the day with us.
And despite all our efforts and all the feelers we put out there, my son continues to tease us and keep us guessing about his understanding  or lack of  the Santa myth. He proclaimed, tongue in cheek, that Christmas is “60 percent excellent presents from Santa, 39 percent lousy gifts from your parents, and 1 percent egg nog.”
So I think he might be playing us, the little wise guy. Who cares in the end.
Anyway, I hope all had a great time over the holidays, regardless of what it is you celebrate. And I hope most of all that the children enjoyed their inclusion in it. I would love to hear some recaps.
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on Thursday, December 27th, 2007 at 10:55 am by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon.
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Jorge,
I continue to admire you and your ex-wife for having such a caring, mature relationship. Bravo to you—as well as to your girlfriend and her ex. Wow. All of you are role models for a lot of divorcing parents out there.
Rachel;
Thanks for the input. My ex and I do have our issues, as can be expected. Splitting custody time and sharing expenses requires that you tread lightly. And there’s always a lot of compromising involved.
But we have always tried to put our son first, and have managed to do so amicably. It’s worth the effort.
Thanks again, and please keep blogging out there on the left coast. That’s at http://www.singlemomseeking.com for you readers.