Kim Springs Her Plan to Move to Birmingham in Last Joint Session with Dr. James
Background We had been discussing plans to move to Minnesota as a part of this divorce. We had been discussing what timing would be best for the kids. We had disagreements about things, most notably how to determine the locale for the two houses that would be good for the kids, and acceptable to both…
Outline of My Concerns with Kim’s Personality and Parenting
By October 2019, Kim and I had made the decisions to “de-couple.” Until this point, I had to “hold back” my objections to Kim as a parent (or as a partner), because she had made it perfectly clear that she was willing to let a little spat escalate into a justifiable reason to breakup a household with two small children. I had conceded that I wouldn’t be happy with her as a partner, but was not going to personally allow “silly” arguments be the cause of a broken home for my two kids.
Below is an email to Dr. James that outlined some of my concerns with Kim as a parent, as a partner, and just as a decent person. I called out the use of profanity as a concern around the children, something that I had brought up a number of times. Just days later, that documented concern would come to a head when our 3yr old daughter corrected me to say “What the Fuck?” instead of “What in the world?”
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Brad Takes Job at Freddie Mac
Brad takes a job with Freddie Mac, because his role at Travelport required him to be in Atlanta. As Director of Systems Engineering, he had to be near the datacenter that runs the infrastructure he was responsible for. An opportunity came up with Freddie Mac, and the position was one of an individual contributor. In…