...and then opened the portal to Hell.

  Despite having been divorced for a decade, The Ex still thinks she can control Husband.  When Husband won't do what she wants, then it's whine, pout, and complain about how mean he is.

  Husband tried to make things easy and amicable for the weekend his sister was coming from out of town.  The Ex refused to switch saying that she had plans, but said she would talk to the kids about if they "wanted" to be here. (So the plans, if they even existed, weren't concrete.  The Ex was just refusing to switch because she could.)  Husband had sent two messages; the first was remiinding her that he had switched so the kids would be present for her sister's vow renewal and the second was saying he was keeping the kids anyway.

Apparently, asking her to respect Husband's side of the family is a big no-no:
"I'm sorry, how many times have I switched weekends for you? (According to the change requests on 2houses, none.)  Way to (*too) many. But, how many times have you switched weekends for me? My sister's wedding. (And when you wanted to pick them up early a week or two ago.  And when I let you keep them a full extra day just so I could get them back two hours earlier.  And every other time that she refuses to admit.) Wow. Once. (Not really, but go ahead and live in your alternate reality where everything happens exactly like you think it does.) Every time I ask to switch a weekend you usually say no. (Except that you hardly ever ask and the times that you do, you're typically asking 24-48 hours beforehand so it doesn't work for us.) Then the kids tell me they didn't do anything on that weekend and wished they could have spent that time with me. (I just adore how she makes these blanket accusations.  "You didn't do a thing once and the kids were mad."  We usually say no to switching IF we have something going on.  Refusing to switch just for the sake of spiting her would be absurd and not at all how we operate.   Now, her on the other hand...) When I ask you if I could pick them up early, you make me bring them back early.  Why? (Um....this is a rhetorical question.  She has literally already answered it.) The kids want to spend more time with me and you never allow it. (That's funny, the kids are always saying how they want to leave when they're at your house and you won't let them.  Interesting how that works.  Additionally, we used to give you extra time.  Then you lied about us in court, making terrible accusations against us and lied to the guardian ad litem about how much time you actually spent with the kids.)

You talk about not having any consideration for your side of the family(No, Husband pointed out that he switched for a similar situation and would appreciate her showing the same respect for his side of the kids' family.  He never said that she doesn't have any consideration for his family.) but that's all I do is switch weekends to make you happy. (The change request log on 2houses begs to differ.  And if this is your idea of "making him happy," then I can only imagine how miserable he was when the two of you were married.)

I did say I wanted to talk to the kids about this first. (But, she didn't call or text them.  She wanted to do it in person because they're easier to manipulate then.) The kids are older now and what they want to do is my first and highest priority. (HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!) My plans can be changed, but only for them. (And there it is.  She originally said she couldn't switch weekends because she had plans, but now just admitted she can, but won't, change them for Husband.)  I'll let you know by this weekend."

  Ten minutes later, in response to the message that the kids will be staying:

"A special event. So, my sister's wedding wasn't a special event? (Nobody said that.  Where is she coming up with this stuff?) My family and I had to literally beg the both of you to allow the kids to go to the wedding. (She sent one message saying "The kids and I are in my sister's wedding so we need to switch weekends" and a bunch of other wasted breath.  "Literally beg" = one message.) Really [my name spelled wrong]??? (Every time she gets angry in her messages, she starts talking to me even though the messages show they're between her and Husband.  She really has a lot of unjustified, pent-up aggression toward me that I find comical.) I feel sorry for you guys, it's always about you and not [Son] and [Daughter]." (I'm not even getting into all of the terrible, selfish decisions that she constantly makes because this blog post will never end; she says things like this and all I can do is roll my eyes because it's just pathetic at this point.  I do have to mention that The Ex screen shot both of these messages and texted them to Son and Daughter.  I still don't know why; she must have thought she was proving how "selfish" we are.)

  Husband replied to the first message saying that The Ex could still attend the game if she wanted but the kids would be staying here for the weekend that his sister was coming.  He said he wasn't going to talk about it anymore and told her that she needed to stop involving the kids in adult decisions.

  He then replied to the second message asking her to please stop addressing me, saying he was spending his time on break at work replying to these messages when she is always trying to start an argument.  He noted that her family didn't "beg" him for anything; they switched for her sister and were now switching for his sister.  He thanked her again for her cooperation.

  The Ex read these messages on Friday and has said absolutely nothing since then.  Waiting for a response from her is like waiting for a tornado - you don't like thinking about it but you know it's going to happen and when it does, it will leave behind nothing other than chaos and destruction.