And so, the summer "fun" begins....
Daughter told me that yesterday, The Ex texted her "like, 3 paragraphs" about who was coming to pick them up on Friday and said that she was going to email Husband. (She excluded the part where The Ex told Daughter that she and Son should bring extra clothes with them from our house so they'd have something to wear on Saturday because The Ex wasn't going to see them until around 5pm.) Daughter said she didn't understand why The Ex didn't just email Husband in the first place or why The Ex felt that Daughter needed to know about it. (I just love her to pieces; she is so ridiculously smart.)
Almost 12 hours after texting this to Daughter, The Ex sends Husband a message on 2houses with the subject "Pick up this Friday":
"[The Ex's sister] and [The Ex's cousin] will be picking up [Son] and [Daughter] on Friday. They'll be leaving from work and will be there any were (*anywhere) between 5:30pm-6pm." (Well, I'm glad we didn't have 'any were' else to be on Friday evening since The Ex is too busy to get her children and her sister can't seem to make it on time.)
In the meantime, Son asked if he could stay here this Friday because his friend was having a party/sleepover to celebrate the end of the school year. We told Son that we would email The Ex and ask because that was up to her. Shortly after, another of Son's friends asked if he'd like to go to an amusement park later this month; we said we would talk to The Ex because she was supposed to pick up the kids that night at 5:30pm.
Husband sent an email explaining both things above and asked The Ex to let him know. Husband also sent another email saying Daughter would like to play two sports this year; he didn't have the schedule for one but practice for the other begins mid-August. (The Ex hasn't read the messages as of yet, much less logged into 2houses. As always, now we wait.)
Here's where it gets weird: Son asked me this morning what The Ex said about him staying on Friday. I told him I didn't know; Husband had emailed her last night and we hadn't heard back yet. I commented that The Ex had said that her sister and cousin were supposed to be picking them up Friday night. Son says, "Or is this one of those things where you say you emailed her and you didn't, so I just don't go?" I looked at Son and said that we DID email his mom, if he'd really like to see the email then I can show it to him, and told him that I cannot make his mother give us an answer. Son said, "I know that." I asked why I would say we had emailed her if we didn't. "I don't know." I said that every time we have said we sent an email, an email had been sent; I asked why, if it's something he wanted to do, would I not ask his mom if he could do it? "....I don't know."
So not only does The Ex bad-mouth Husband and I to Son and Daughter every single chance she gets, which could be chalked up to a spiteful attitude on her part - but now she's just blatantly lying about us communicating with her. If anyone is wondering why we pay to use 2houses, this is the precise reason. It's absurdly easy to delete an email and show your child an "empty" inbox, or to simply claim that you never got the email in the first place; you cannot delete messages from 2houses and the site keeps a date/time stamp of your most recent login, so even if she claims she was not notified of the new message, she also did not look for it.
If The Ex doesn't respond in a timely manner, I have half a mind to just tell Son he can go to the party and let her deal with the consequences of her inaction.
Almost 12 hours after texting this to Daughter, The Ex sends Husband a message on 2houses with the subject "Pick up this Friday":
"[The Ex's sister] and [The Ex's cousin] will be picking up [Son] and [Daughter] on Friday. They'll be leaving from work and will be there any were (*anywhere) between 5:30pm-6pm." (Well, I'm glad we didn't have 'any were' else to be on Friday evening since The Ex is too busy to get her children and her sister can't seem to make it on time.)
In the meantime, Son asked if he could stay here this Friday because his friend was having a party/sleepover to celebrate the end of the school year. We told Son that we would email The Ex and ask because that was up to her. Shortly after, another of Son's friends asked if he'd like to go to an amusement park later this month; we said we would talk to The Ex because she was supposed to pick up the kids that night at 5:30pm.
Husband sent an email explaining both things above and asked The Ex to let him know. Husband also sent another email saying Daughter would like to play two sports this year; he didn't have the schedule for one but practice for the other begins mid-August. (The Ex hasn't read the messages as of yet, much less logged into 2houses. As always, now we wait.)
Here's where it gets weird: Son asked me this morning what The Ex said about him staying on Friday. I told him I didn't know; Husband had emailed her last night and we hadn't heard back yet. I commented that The Ex had said that her sister and cousin were supposed to be picking them up Friday night. Son says, "Or is this one of those things where you say you emailed her and you didn't, so I just don't go?" I looked at Son and said that we DID email his mom, if he'd really like to see the email then I can show it to him, and told him that I cannot make his mother give us an answer. Son said, "I know that." I asked why I would say we had emailed her if we didn't. "I don't know." I said that every time we have said we sent an email, an email had been sent; I asked why, if it's something he wanted to do, would I not ask his mom if he could do it? "....I don't know."
So not only does The Ex bad-mouth Husband and I to Son and Daughter every single chance she gets, which could be chalked up to a spiteful attitude on her part - but now she's just blatantly lying about us communicating with her. If anyone is wondering why we pay to use 2houses, this is the precise reason. It's absurdly easy to delete an email and show your child an "empty" inbox, or to simply claim that you never got the email in the first place; you cannot delete messages from 2houses and the site keeps a date/time stamp of your most recent login, so even if she claims she was not notified of the new message, she also did not look for it.
If The Ex doesn't respond in a timely manner, I have half a mind to just tell Son he can go to the party and let her deal with the consequences of her inaction.
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