Putting off divorce because you know an ex-Nspouse will be worse than your married Nspouse

I do agree, but I’m at the stage where he is making everything so horrible that I am starting to question if filed for divorce when I did. We have a minor child together, which we all know makes it worse. He uses our child to continue to hurt me and doesn’t have the best interests of our child. He closed the bank accounts and left us with nothing. Total financial abuse. I have a hard time going full gray rock because his emails are so completely ridiculous I feel the need to always put him straight. We’re facing trial at this point... I don’t want to but a second mediation would be a waste of time and money since he doesn’t agree to any financial support and not wants to talk about how he’s entitled to see our child. No one told him he isn’t, but not on a 50/50 type situation that’s for sure. Our temporary time sharing is set as him getting only about 17% of the time. Every other weekend. He’s not utilized the set times set in the order, brings out child home early or has cancelled or says he can’t pick him up until a day later. So it seems ridiculous to me why he would ask for my time when he can’t handle the time he has as it is. He’s now painting this picture of me that I am the controlling one, that I’m keeping or child from him! It’s insane. I have emails so many where he refuses to communicate re our child. It’s just bc he wants to pay less child support in the end is what it’s about. He recently started wanting to talk to our child more often too. Great, but what happened when you were living with us and never called while he was always out? When he left up until now he hardly ever called. There’s so much more but I can’t get into it here. It’s been a total nightmare as the OP said. I’m so worried bc the family law system doesn’t seem to be really for the kids like they claim to be. I fear the unknown. I will totally die inside if the timesharing doesn’t stay as it is. He’s so toxic I worry for my child. Please don’t quote me. Thank you.

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