Tick tock, tick tock...
Following up to the last blog post, we still have not gotten an answer from The Ex about if she wants us to give the coach a note or not. As I type this, it's been exactly 96 hours since Husband emailed her; it's literally twice the amount of time she was required to respond, and still nothing.
Son asks last night if we will give him a note for his coach saying he's going home with The Ex's dad after the game. We say we haven't heard anything. Daughter says The Ex said she was coming to the game. We repeat that we haven't heard anything and don't know what she's planning.
This morning, Son asks me again if I'll give him a note for the coach. I explain to him that two weeks ago, Husband told The Ex that the team rides the bus to and from every away game, and that a note is required if that parent wants to transport the child themselves. The Ex responded to that email and asked us to give the coach a note. I told Son that Husband emailed The Ex on Monday and asked if she would like him to give the coach a note for this Friday; The Ex did not reply.
Son says that The Ex already called and said her dad was picking him up after the game. I asked who she called; Son says she called him. I ask how long ago she said this; Son says it was a few days ago. I say that's the problem, The Ex is telling the kids one thing and not telling Husband anything.
I explain to Son that if we give the coach a note saying he is not riding the bus back, we leave after the game, the bus leaves after the game, something happens and The Ex doesn't make it to the game, Son is going to be stuck at an empty football field with no phone and nobody to give him a ride home. (And you can be damn sure that's not happening. If we excuse him from the bus ride and he gets left behind, The Ex will be on the phone with child protective services claiming she never said she was coming to get Son from the game and we abandoned him.)
I'm not sure if it was before or after this talk with him but at some point today, Son was complaining to Daughter that The Ex was "going to have to waste all of her gas coming all the way back here to pick him up." (About three months ago, Husband was going to drop Son and Daughter off at The Ex's. Son forgot a video game at our house and wanted Husband to drive an extra half hour to go home and pick up the game. Yet now, he exhibits such concern about "wasted" gas.) Never mind that Husband tried to communicate with her; never mind that The Ex has the coach's cell phone number. This is going to be a waste of her gas because Husband won't give Son's coach a note excusing him from something that The Ex did not ask for Son to be excused from.
Is there a nice way to tell someone that their mother is a completely irresponsible douche?
Son asks last night if we will give him a note for his coach saying he's going home with The Ex's dad after the game. We say we haven't heard anything. Daughter says The Ex said she was coming to the game. We repeat that we haven't heard anything and don't know what she's planning.
This morning, Son asks me again if I'll give him a note for the coach. I explain to him that two weeks ago, Husband told The Ex that the team rides the bus to and from every away game, and that a note is required if that parent wants to transport the child themselves. The Ex responded to that email and asked us to give the coach a note. I told Son that Husband emailed The Ex on Monday and asked if she would like him to give the coach a note for this Friday; The Ex did not reply.
Son says that The Ex already called and said her dad was picking him up after the game. I asked who she called; Son says she called him. I ask how long ago she said this; Son says it was a few days ago. I say that's the problem, The Ex is telling the kids one thing and not telling Husband anything.
I explain to Son that if we give the coach a note saying he is not riding the bus back, we leave after the game, the bus leaves after the game, something happens and The Ex doesn't make it to the game, Son is going to be stuck at an empty football field with no phone and nobody to give him a ride home. (And you can be damn sure that's not happening. If we excuse him from the bus ride and he gets left behind, The Ex will be on the phone with child protective services claiming she never said she was coming to get Son from the game and we abandoned him.)
I'm not sure if it was before or after this talk with him but at some point today, Son was complaining to Daughter that The Ex was "going to have to waste all of her gas coming all the way back here to pick him up." (About three months ago, Husband was going to drop Son and Daughter off at The Ex's. Son forgot a video game at our house and wanted Husband to drive an extra half hour to go home and pick up the game. Yet now, he exhibits such concern about "wasted" gas.) Never mind that Husband tried to communicate with her; never mind that The Ex has the coach's cell phone number. This is going to be a waste of her gas because Husband won't give Son's coach a note excusing him from something that The Ex did not ask for Son to be excused from.
Is there a nice way to tell someone that their mother is a completely irresponsible douche?
Can't wait to see how this turns out!
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