It's All My Husband's Fault

  The Ex has been quiet.  We haven't heard anything since the end of September when The Ex had a hissy fit because we wouldn't let her rearrange the placement schedule on her terms. I blogged about it ( You can read about it  here . ), but the summarized version is that The Ex wanted Daughter the weekend of September 29th, asked to switch for a weekend she wasn't even in town, announced we were switching because she was going to leave Daughter here on her weekend, and adamantly refused to switch for the weekend of November 10th that Husband had offered so that The Ex could still have Daughter when she wanted.   Volleyball is officially over for this season, which means basketball is about to start.  We haven't gotten a schedule yet from Daughter's coach so I called him the other day, asking if he had an idea of what days and times practices would be so that I could let Daughter's work know what her availability would be.   Daughter's coach called b...

  Daughter had asked if we would let her get her nose pierced for her birthday.  Husband wasn't thrilled about it at first, but he finally said yes and I took her in.    Daughter has had the piercing for almost 3 months now.   Daughter told me last night that The Ex just recently realized that Daughter's nose is pierced, and told her that "it's ugly."  After getting over the initial shock, I told her that out of everyone, The Ex is the ONLY person to say that; Husband didn't even want Daughter to have it done and now he thinks it looks cute on her.   She also said she had told some of her friends about this; one of them commented that The Ex really seems to be judging Daughter's appearance lately.  Daughter said that this is how it always is with The Ex.   My heart really hurts for her.  She shouldn't have to put up with this.  Daughter is such a sweet, loving, helpful person; she'd give a stranger the shirt off her back if ...

  Last week was Parents' Night at Daughter's school.  The morning of, Daughter said she had asked The Ex if she was coming; she told Daughter that she "didn't know."   We got to the school a little early, I talked to the athletic director for a few minutes.  A little while later, Daughter said she needed to find the AD and talk to him.  Daughter said that she had only listed The Ex as a "maybe" for Parents' Night, but she just found out that The Ex was coming so she said that she "had to make sure" they announced The Ex's name along with ours. ( The way she said it implied she knew that she was going to get an earful if The Ex's name wasn't announced.  Am I the only one who finds it a somewhat interesting that Daughter has them read The Ex's name only if she attends the event?  All of the other events that The Ex has missed, Daughter told them only to read my and Husband's names. )   So The Ex shows up with Ned in ...