Ned is as useless as I thought.
Daughter has not kept it a secret that she doesn't care for Ned. This hasn't stopped The Ex from dating him, moving in with him, and becoming engaged to him. I've never felt that your kids should run your life, but this isn't the first time this has been a problem. Son told the guardian ad litem that he didn't want The Ex to marry Boyfriend and that he thought she never should have moved in with him; a year later, The Ex and Boyfriend got married without the kids there. Sunday afternoon, I'm not sure exactly how it was brought up but Daughter started talking about Ned. She said that Ned "talks crap about [The Ex] to her." I looked at her and said, "...excuse me?" Daughter said yeah, Ned tries talking to Daughter about his and The Ex's relationship. Daughter said that Ned has even talked crap about The Ex to her own mother. I asked what Ned tried talking to her about. Daughter said, "He just says stuff about her....