Hi, I'm 52 and father of 6. My oldest (Brent) is an adopted stepson, he's 31, mairred and an owner/operator doing long haul car transport, my first born (Trevor) is 25 and in Army basic, Kevin is 23 and in the Army in Korea. I did the custodial dad thing with Trev and Kev for four years before marrying, (who has turned out to be a control freak), a single mom of four (boy and 3 girls), we have a 7 yo daughter (Amy) a 6 yo son (Joel) and a 3 yo daughter (Molly). I have custody of the little one under a restraing order (not my first with her) and finaly have an attorney that will fight for my position. I hope that next summer (maybe this fall) my life will settel down enough so that I can get together with other single parents to have some fun, I have a small sail boat (21') and like to roller and ice skate.

Hello Dad of 3+3 !
my advice
have fun now, if you can, not in the summer or the fall. My experience is that fun does not wait for things to settle down. Again
Your situation does sound complicated, I have read it but not really figured it all out yet.
The sailboat sounds great fun !!
Dew