She minds them once in a while, and it always appears its because she's paying her back or because she knows she has something coming up so needs to get on her side. Never just because. Everything with her is transactional, she and Chris tag each other
If my family offered to take my kids for a night or two so we could spend our anniversary together and then we spent one of the days apart, one golfing (on the rainiest day of the year, sure Chris...) and the other sitting like the mother of sorrows in the lashing rain in fecking Killiney of all places, my mother would be on the phone telling me to get my arse back to my kids.
I wish I could say I was shocked she didn't head down this evening, or even first thing but honestly, if Mags or anyone close to her reads here, cop the duck on to yourself! Look at what she is doing, she is no more anxious! She is a user and a liar and a horrible selfish person. Cop the duck on and tell her to get real help if she has issues, because you taking her kids for days at a time while she arses about living her best life is not helping her and certainly not helping those kids. She doesnt need more me time, that is not helping her, all it does is make her want more time on her own, then when she doesnt get it, anxiety. She's a complete manipulator. Wake the duck up!