Holidays....yay!
The kids started school by us; The Ex did not attend their first day, assuming because she was just getting out of work while the bell was ringing. The Ex has an aunt that was running around telling lots of people in their family that The Ex was a terrible mom and she didn't know how The Ex hadn't lost custody of her other child to the state.
Thanksgiving rolled around. It was our year to have the kids, so The Ex called just before 10am to talk to the kids. She said she was going to the store and asked Husband to have the kids call her back in about an hour. Husband did like she asked and waited until about 11am to have the kids call her back; The Ex didn't answer. We ate Thanksgiving dinner with family and went home. Husband had the kids call The Ex again around 8pm and again, The Ex did not answer.
The next morning, The Ex leaves Husband a message yelling about how he had the kids call her back when she wasn't home (How were we supposed to know when she was or wasn't home?), that she wants him to have the kids call her and to call her AGAIN if she doesn't answer (Which is what he did the day before), how this was upsetting that he would "do this to her" (Do what, exactly??), and this wasn't right that he waited 10 hours to have them call her (Even though he did exactly what she wanted by waiting an hour, having them call back, and then making the extra effort to have them call a second time since she didn't answer the first time).
A week or two later, The Ex was in one of her good moods. She and Husband were talking about coming to an agreement outside of court(She was still not paying child support at this point.). The Ex said she wanted all of us (meaning her, Husband, me and Boyfriend) to get along better. Husband said that would be nice but it was hard to get along with someone who ignores you when you talk to them(Boyfriend); The Ex blamed this on Boyfriend being shy. The Ex said she didn't know much about me, but from what the kids told her I "seemed really nice." (Whaaat? Didn't you tell everyone just a few years ago that I was a whore? Interesting...you don't really know me, but you have no problem spreading rumors about me.)
A week later, The Ex said she wasn't taking Husband's offer; she said it was a good offer but she "can't let the kids go." (Nobody said she had to "let the kids go." We said we wouldn't agree to her having them in the summer because she was working third shift but we agreed to take almost 40% less a month in child support than she would've been ordered to pay. She said no.) A week after this, The Ex calls and asks if Boyfriend can be around the kids for Christmas. Husband says no; The Ex asks how he can be so heartless. Husband says the court order is what it is for a reason; Boyfriend has an alcohol problem, the kids don't need to be around it. The Ex says Boyfriend completed alcohol counseling and all Husband has to do is sign a piece of paper saying it's okay; Husband says the court order can't be modified five days before Christmas because nobody is going to try and rush it through. The Ex then said we could keep the kids for Christmas if Husband agreed to let Boyfriend be around the kids for Christmas; Husband still told her no. (We think Boyfriend had been around the kids this whole time anyway. The Ex doesn't seem to feel that court orders apply to her)
We left the kids with The Ex's parents in Hometown on Wednesday night, left the state, and picked the kids back up on Sunday night. The Ex had 4 entire days and nights with the kids; three or four months later, she told the new GAL that she "only had the kids for one day on Christmas Break because Husband refused to let her have extra time with them, even though he and his wife left the state on vacation."
Thanksgiving rolled around. It was our year to have the kids, so The Ex called just before 10am to talk to the kids. She said she was going to the store and asked Husband to have the kids call her back in about an hour. Husband did like she asked and waited until about 11am to have the kids call her back; The Ex didn't answer. We ate Thanksgiving dinner with family and went home. Husband had the kids call The Ex again around 8pm and again, The Ex did not answer.
The next morning, The Ex leaves Husband a message yelling about how he had the kids call her back when she wasn't home (How were we supposed to know when she was or wasn't home?), that she wants him to have the kids call her and to call her AGAIN if she doesn't answer (Which is what he did the day before), how this was upsetting that he would "do this to her" (Do what, exactly??), and this wasn't right that he waited 10 hours to have them call her (Even though he did exactly what she wanted by waiting an hour, having them call back, and then making the extra effort to have them call a second time since she didn't answer the first time).
A week or two later, The Ex was in one of her good moods. She and Husband were talking about coming to an agreement outside of court(She was still not paying child support at this point.). The Ex said she wanted all of us (meaning her, Husband, me and Boyfriend) to get along better. Husband said that would be nice but it was hard to get along with someone who ignores you when you talk to them(Boyfriend); The Ex blamed this on Boyfriend being shy. The Ex said she didn't know much about me, but from what the kids told her I "seemed really nice." (Whaaat? Didn't you tell everyone just a few years ago that I was a whore? Interesting...you don't really know me, but you have no problem spreading rumors about me.)
A week later, The Ex said she wasn't taking Husband's offer; she said it was a good offer but she "can't let the kids go." (Nobody said she had to "let the kids go." We said we wouldn't agree to her having them in the summer because she was working third shift but we agreed to take almost 40% less a month in child support than she would've been ordered to pay. She said no.) A week after this, The Ex calls and asks if Boyfriend can be around the kids for Christmas. Husband says no; The Ex asks how he can be so heartless. Husband says the court order is what it is for a reason; Boyfriend has an alcohol problem, the kids don't need to be around it. The Ex says Boyfriend completed alcohol counseling and all Husband has to do is sign a piece of paper saying it's okay; Husband says the court order can't be modified five days before Christmas because nobody is going to try and rush it through. The Ex then said we could keep the kids for Christmas if Husband agreed to let Boyfriend be around the kids for Christmas; Husband still told her no. (We think Boyfriend had been around the kids this whole time anyway. The Ex doesn't seem to feel that court orders apply to her)
We left the kids with The Ex's parents in Hometown on Wednesday night, left the state, and picked the kids back up on Sunday night. The Ex had 4 entire days and nights with the kids; three or four months later, she told the new GAL that she "only had the kids for one day on Christmas Break because Husband refused to let her have extra time with them, even though he and his wife left the state on vacation."
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