your replies and advice. I did not point out when I posted that it may be partly my fault as to why my ex-husband may have started to become more nosy recently.(but it's still his nature to be like this). I've been having a few issues with my daughters behaviour recently (12yrs) I can handle it although is tiring and upsetting at times but totally ustand this is a phase (puberty etc) and she will hopefully grow out of it. One morning she had me in tears and I was really fed up with so I contacted her father as he is now here (uk) and told him he needs to know what her behaviour is like and he needs to spend some time with her. I got a message back at the time saying call me back later! Anyway it was a spur of the moment thing I done and I now regret it as he probably thinks I can't handle things. When I can. She then secretly called her dad telling him that she got shouted at by my Partner which is untrue, and I know why she done it. To take the 'heat' off of her. She gets on fine with my Partner and he spends more time helping her with homework and being patient with her than her own father. She likes him and has never said she is unhappy. We both regret getting her father involved now and have decided between us to keep him