"co-Parenting" classes

In my last post I mentioned a lovely class that I was ordered to go to by the court. It is supposed to teach us how to co-parent. I was told to start out with that it was every monday this month for two hours. When I got there however, I was told it is a eight week class and like I feared it is us sitting in a circle talking about things. The whole two hours last night we sat and listened to this guy talk horrible about his ex wife. It was the most boring class ever. I wanted to turn to him and say that he needs to just shut up, no one wants to hear every detail of his life. I mean I understand having to vent, I just did in that last post. There is a limit to how and what you should say to people you have never met. One good thing about the class, that doesn't really make sence, we don't have to talk or even sit by eachother. We don't interact at all. Don't you think that would be the whole point of the class would be to talk? Most the other people that are there are alone and I wish that they would have let me take the class 8 months ago like I was supposed to with out him. Oh well, I will keep you updated.

single parenting ...not that simple

I wish it was just that, single parenting. I have raised my son since he was born. His, what others call his father(I personally don't think of him as any such thing), has not been around really at all since i have had him until recently. Now that my son has turned one however, he is telling people he has been involved the whole time and making me seem like the bad one in the situation. I have to say he has come over four times in that year and called once right before my son turned one asking if he could come over to see him. I did say no. Don't get me wrong I have a good reason, he called my at 9:30pm and my son was already sleeping. He got very angry at me and is threatening to bring me to court. Back on track a little bit. I now by court orders have to go to a "parenting together when you are not together" class every Monday night for two hours with him. I did not receive this information until last night when I called him for other reasons regarding my son. He told me we had a class but wouldn't tell me where it was or when. I then called his mother today asking her if she had information on it and she let me know so that I wouldn't get in trouble by the courts; which was his plan all along I found out from his sister. I have not gone to the class yet but I am dreading it. I will let you all know what happens, I have a horrible feeling however that things are not going to go well and that it is one of those things you sit in a circle and share things. :-( I pray it's not.