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What to Text When Your Co-Parent Won't Confirm the Exchange
Send one complete message that confirms the agreement's time and place and states what silence will mean: "If I don't hear otherwise, I'll take that as confirmed." Then…
Read “What to Text When Your Co-Parent Won't Confirm the Exchange” →The bait
“You know how it works. Stop with the interrogation every single week.”
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“Confirming Friday's exchange at 5:00 at the library parking lot, per our agreement. If I don't hear otherwise, I'll take that as confirmed and be there at 5:00.”
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