It's All My Husband's Fault

  I forgot to tell you guys about The Ex's son.  She posted two pictures on Facebook, one of him sitting on an exam table with no shirt on ( I don't know how or why, but whatever. ) and one of a tiny rock on a towel.  She wrote: "At Urgent Care with my little man [name]. His side of his jaw has been hurting him and last night he was complaining of his ear hurting.  The doctor couldn't see inside his ear, so they flushed it out with water. Guess what came out???? A little rock??? ( Sooo....a little rock is what came out, or she's not sure? ) Remember [Son first & last name] your incident with your nose and pencil eraser when you were [The Ex's son]s age???? What boys do...( I know plenty of kids that put stuff into their ears and nose.  It's not just boys and it's usually not when they're six years old. ) no wonder my hair is turning white.( Um, because of age and genetics. )"   That in and of itself is relatively boring, until The Ex repli...

  I previously blogged about how The Ex seemingly ignores Son and Daughter's birthdays, but then posts about her two youngest kids' birthdays like it's going out of style.  You can read those here and here .  Now it's time to entertain you with this year's festivities.   Son's birthday -  nothing posted.   Daughter's birthday -  nothing posted.   The Ex's daughter's birthday - they had the birthday party on The Ex's daughter's actual birthday.  The first post had 4 photos; The Ex tagged three people and wrote: "Cake time. [Son first & last name] turned 17 on [birth date]. [Daughter first & last name] turned 15 on [birth date]. [The Ex's daughter first & middle names] turned 9 on the 29th!!! ( Why the sudden excitement? ) Happy Birthday Babies!!!"   The second post was a video almost a minute and a half long, which The Ex tagged eleven people and captioned it, "Pie face went wrong."  The three kids...

  The mediator called me yesterday morning and said she had gotten a hold of The Ex; she said she didn't think there needed to be mediation any longer as there seemed to be an agreement, but The Ex still wanted something changed and she would have to speak to Husband about it.  I asked if she was able to tell me what it was that The Ex wanted to change; she said it wasn't that she couldn't tell me, but I wasn't able to make the decision on Husband's behalf and she needed to speak with him directly. ( The good old mantra of being a stepparent: you have no say over what happens even though it affects you and your household.  I wasn't trying to make a decision for him, anyway.  I was trying to find out what The Ex wanted so I could get a hold of Our Attorney if need be to run the information past her. )   Husband fortunately got out of work early, called the mediator, and then called me.   The Ex told the mediator that Son had told her that he wants to finish...

  Son had been telling people that court was going to be on Friday, October 6th, ( I have no idea where he got that idea from. ) and that he was going to go to court and tell them he wanted to live with The Ex. ( This was said when he was upset about Nice Girl. )   Then Son told a few people, including Nice Girl, that he didn't know what he wanted to do anymore but he couldn't tell The Ex that he didn't want to live with her because it would "break her heart." ( Okay, so this has nothing to do with what Son wants; it's all about what The Ex wants Son to do.  Her manipulation disgusts me. )   Then on Sunday evening, The Ex left her rambling message saying she wanted to talk to Husband and was hoping they could have saved money on mediation fees, but they were going to have to pay money because he's acting like a child. ( She filed a motion with the court, the court ordered mediation, and somehow it's all Husband's fault they have to pay for it. )  H...

  Daughter told me that this past weekend, The Ex made a comment to her along the lines of, "I feel like you're the girl at school who would lose her virginity this year."  She said The Ex also told her that she'd give Daughter $1,000 if she kept her virginity until she was twenty-two years old.   Daughter is fifteen .   I have no idea what the hell is wrong with this woman.

  A little less than a month and half ago, The Ex filed her bogus motion asking the court to modify placement for Son but not for Daughter.  The judge reviewed it and sent it back to mediation.  Mediation is scheduled for Thursday.  A few weeks ago, The Ex was telling Son to talk to Husband and to say that he wants to live with The Ex; Son said he had told Husband and that Husband said he was "going to fight it in court and shit." ( Husband didn't say this.  All he said was that he and The Ex were going to court, which Son already knew. )  The Ex replied, "Seriously.  I'm ready.  Let him bring it on. R u?" ( Okay, so this isn't really about what's best for Son.  It's about you fighting with Husband.  Cool. )   Last night, The Ex and her mom dropped off Son and Daughter; we were at the neighbors' watching football, like we typically do on fall days.  Both of the kids came over and said hi to us, then went back home.  Abou...

  The Ex uploaded this picture to Facebook this afternoon:  She took a selfie with some friends and was laughing.  I covered her face just to keep stride with the anonymity of this blog, but it's not any better without the sticker.   So yeah, that right there is the woman who told Husband almost thirteen years ago that she was going to lose a bunch of weight and he would regret not coming back to her; I think it goes without saying that neither of those things happened.

  After Son's ordeal with Nice Girl this past weekend, ( Read it here if you haven't already. ) he shared a picture on Facebook that reads: "If you're judging someone based on who they used to be, obviously it's you who's stuck in the past."   Son is passive-aggressively stating to Nice Girl that if she doesn't want to date him, then it's her problem because she won't get over who he "used to be."  He fails to realize that he looks like a total idiot because he keeps saying, "I changed" and then does the same dumb ass stuff over and over again.   Of course, because she can't be bothered to check in with her kids on a regular basis and see how they are, The Ex had no idea that this was going on with Nice Girl.  She went on Facebook, saw this post, and commented: "Sooo true. Some people just want to make people look bad when there ( *their ) life has gotten sooo good...mom..."   What she is trying to hint at is ...

  Saturday afternoon, The Ex started texting Daughter asking what she thought was a good name for a male dog.  Daughter said she didn't know, and asked why The Ex was asking.  The Ex replied that she would just have to wait until Friday to see. ( The Ex loves playing this game.  It's not her weekend, so she does something to pique the kids' interest and try to make them want to come to her house right away. )  The Ex then sent a picture of a poodle puppy and asked Daughter if she liked the name "Blaze" for a dog.  Daughter said no.   Sunday night, Daughter called The Ex to ask if she had, in fact, gotten another dog.  ( I say "another dog" because Ned has a dog that's like, fifteen years and is blind; The Ex also has a dog that's five years old.  Additionally, The Ex's parents are still staying there while they "pay down their light bill" and they also have a dog that came from the same litter as The Ex's dog. ) The Ex said yes...

  At the end of last school year, Son liked this girl who we'll call Nice Girl.  Nice Girl was somewhat upfront and told Son that she wasn't interested in a relationship with anyone because she didn't want anything holding her back or keeping her in School City after graduation; she also added, "But that could change."  Son and Nice Girl went to prom with a bunch of friends, they danced together a few times, and Son thought it was going to turn into something.  A few days after prom, Nice Girl more or less friend-zoned him and just reiterated that she wasn't looking for a serious relationship.  Son was sad but he got over it.   Now Son and Nice Girl have been flirting again.  Nice Girl told Son he should come to more of her games because she "usually plays better when there's hot guys there."  Nice Girl asked Son if he wanted to go to homecoming with her and he said yes.  Nice Girl told one of their friends that she wanted Son to ask her in...