It's almost a little too easy...
Sometime within the last week, Daughter asked me if she could stay here next weekend instead of going to The Ex's, as she was invited to a teammate's birthday party. I told her that Husband would ask The Ex and see what she said. Two days ago, she asked if we had emailed The Ex. (To be entirely honest, we have such an insane amount of things going on right now that we both forgot until Daughter said something.) We sent an email asking if Daughter could stay, explained the reason why, asked for an answer and said thanks.
The Ex replied the next morning:
"Can I get [Son] straight from school then?"
Husband replied a little over an hour later and said that if she was willing to leave Daughter here, then she could pick up Son that day directly from school. He also asked that she make sure any homework that Son might have get completed over the weekend and brought home on Sunday. (I realize that Son is old enough to do take care of this by himself, but I see nothing wrong with reminding her that she needs to remind him. After all, this is the same woman who told Son's teacher that she couldn't help him do his math homework....and that's when he was in 3rd grade.)
Almost exactly twelve hours later:
"I'll make sure. And thank you"
I really feel like this was too easy, and that's probably because it was. You see, Daughter has a home game at 6pm on December 16th. The only time that The Ex attends any of the kids' games is when they fall on her placement and she will already be driving to pick up one or both children; The Ex has never made any trip just for the sake of watching her kids play sports or participate in something. So it is assumed that The Ex would stay for this game, except that she said she wants to pick up Son from school and I highly doubt she's going to wait around for another 3 hours to watch Daughter play.
I don't know if The Ex realizes any of this yet but I'm sure when she does, she's going to tell the kids that it's all Husband's fault that she missed the game.
The Ex replied the next morning:
"Can I get [Son] straight from school then?"
Husband replied a little over an hour later and said that if she was willing to leave Daughter here, then she could pick up Son that day directly from school. He also asked that she make sure any homework that Son might have get completed over the weekend and brought home on Sunday. (I realize that Son is old enough to do take care of this by himself, but I see nothing wrong with reminding her that she needs to remind him. After all, this is the same woman who told Son's teacher that she couldn't help him do his math homework....and that's when he was in 3rd grade.)
Almost exactly twelve hours later:
"I'll make sure. And thank you"
I really feel like this was too easy, and that's probably because it was. You see, Daughter has a home game at 6pm on December 16th. The only time that The Ex attends any of the kids' games is when they fall on her placement and she will already be driving to pick up one or both children; The Ex has never made any trip just for the sake of watching her kids play sports or participate in something. So it is assumed that The Ex would stay for this game, except that she said she wants to pick up Son from school and I highly doubt she's going to wait around for another 3 hours to watch Daughter play.
I don't know if The Ex realizes any of this yet but I'm sure when she does, she's going to tell the kids that it's all Husband's fault that she missed the game.
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