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Like many former couples,Jeff LewisandGage Edwardare still figuring out how to undo the knots in the complicated ropes of co-parenting.
“This open-door visitation policy is not working out,” theFlipping Outstar said on Tuesday’s episode of his SiriusXM showJeff Lewis Live, about his and his ex’s shared custody of their 2½-year-old daughterMonroe Christine.
“I did say to Gage yesterday, moving forward, we need to have some sort of schedule. I said, ‘I know that our schedules change weekly, but how about Sundays we go over the week ahead of time?’ ” added Lewis, 49. “I don’t necessarily want to be there when he’s there all the time.”
“So I said, ‘Let’s go over the week. We’llgo over when you want to see[Monroe], when I want to see her.’ I said, ‘You’re not coming over twice a day anymore. That’s just not realistic,’ ” continued the father of one. “I’m not saying he cannot see her twice a day but, for example, I go to New York today. He’s going to stay at the house for four days. So he’s got her for four straight days.”
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Monroe.Jeff Lewis/Instagram
“Then [Gage] said to me, ‘Can I come over Saturday morning?’ ” Lewis recalled. “I said, ‘Just know, the last time I’m going to see Monroe is Monday night. I will not see her Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. I do not see her until Friday evening. It would be nice if Icould have alone time with heron Friday evening, Saturday morning.’ ”
“And he was reasonable. He said, ‘I get that,’ ” the host continued of his ex. “I said, ‘It’s hard for me to take these trips for this long.’ ”
Edward and Lewis never officially tied the knot, but were together for 10 years and welcomed their daughter via surrogate in October 2016. The longtime partners officiallybroke things off in February.
“Right now, it’s good. We’re having a conversation,” Lewis shared of the former couple’s custody situation on Tuesday. “I don’t think we need attorneys at this point. He understands now that we do need some structure. It has to change weekly. We’reprobably going to get there.”
Lewis and Edward’s common ground when it comes to their daughter is one thing, but they are still dealing with someemotional fallout from their relationship.
source: people.com
