"But your Honor, he didn't even LOOK at the note I left on his desk for a WHOLE DAY!"

"Cindy… 24 hours is a perfectly reasonable response time."

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The communication expectations in high-conflict coparenting can be... aspirational. A 24-hour response window — completely standard, arguably generous — gets treated as evidence of neglect, obstruction, or malicious intent.

Court-ordered communication guidelines exist for exactly this reason. And not every text is an emergency. Not every silence is a threat. Some messages just need to wait until tomorrow. 📱