It's All My Husband's Fault

  Son came home from school on Friday, said he decided to join football after all.  I tell him that Husband will send The Ex a message about it, but we all need to be on the same page - he is expected to help clean up after every game, not hop into a car and take off with his mom on her weekends.  The coach already said something last year and wanted us to say something to The Ex about it; Son said he understood.  Husband sent a message to The Ex saying that Son wanted to join football, he's expected to ride the bus back and help clean up after every game instead of leaving right away; Husband said to let him know what her thoughts were.   The 48-hour deadline would have been Sunday evening.  The Ex finally replied after 100 hours and 12 minutes: "My thoughts on playing football r... ( ....why....WHY is it SO hard for her to type like an adult?! ) 1 I'm glad he's decided to play. ( Okay, that's great.  Even if you weren't, you replied in literally ...

  She is crazy.   Let's go back a few months to May.  An event is happening this weekend that I really did not want Husband, Son or Daughter to miss.  Husband sent The Ex a message asking if they could switch weekends; The Ex replied that she needed more time to "look at the calendar herself" and would let him know.   A week later, Husband sent The Ex copies of the calendar showing what the current placement schedule would be and what it would be if she agreed to the switch he was requesting.  No answer.   A week after that, Husband entered it as a change request on the calendar; The Ex declined it and told Husband that she's "already asked him for more time" and that she doesn't want to accept when it's months down the road.  Husband replied that he was not trying to pressure her for an answer, he simply wanted it on the calendar so that it wasn't forgotten about.  Husband said that if they could not switch the entire weekend, he was w...