Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mother's Day to all of you beautiful women out there. Thank you for all the hard work you put into your kids regardless of there being a biological link or not.
We celebrated early yesterday with all four of the kids, plus Girlfriend and our grandbaby. I figured they'd be busy with The Ex, Girlfriend's mom, and it also being Girlfriend's first ever Mother's Day so we opted to do it a day early. Son even bought me a present which made me tear up. (I think Girlfriend made him do it but considering how our relationship was at this time last year, it definitely touches my heart.)
The Ex, on the other hand, is being her crazy narcissistic self. Daughter said on Friday night that she didn't even know if The Ex was picking her up today. Daughter had texted her asking what time they were coming for her; The Ex replied by asking what time she'd be in Tourist City on Saturday. (We were celebrating Mother's Day in Tourist City. Somehow, The Ex knew about it and thought she should be able to show up which really doesn't surprise me.) Daughter said she had to work until 1pm on Saturday. The Ex replied that they were going to miss each other because she had to work in the morning and then they were leaving by 3pm to go to another city that's closer to New City, and that they'd be spending the night there.
Daughter asked if she was getting picked up or not; The Ex replied, "Yes." I asked what that meant - did it mean yes, she was getting picked up or yes, she was NOT getting picked up? Daughter texted the same question I asked her; The Ex replied a second time, "Yes" (I swear, a box of rocks is more intelligent than this woman...)
Finally The Ex said that Ned was going to pick up Daughter at 9am, that she needed to be ready by then, and that she needed to look nice. Daughter asked what they were doing for Mother's Day; The Ex replied, "WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO COME" (The mental instability is just astounding.)
It dawned on me that if The Ex was going to spend the night out of town, she wasn't going to see Son on Mother's Day. I asked Daughter if this was correct. Daughter said that The Ex "is done with Son's crap." (Um...okay. She didn't elaborate and I didn't push it; she was already irritated because of The Ex.)
Last night, Girlfriend made a comment to Son about The Ex "giving them twenty minutes' notice that she wanted to do something and then getting angry" when they weren't able to do what she wanted. I asked Daughter about it this morning and what she meant by The Ex being "done with Son" and what Son had done to make The Ex mad. Daughter said Son didn't do anything and The Ex was mad at him for not bringing the baby over more often, for not talking to her, and for not spending time with her. Husband said he thought The Ex lived really close to Son. Daughter said yes, she did but she was still mad at Son for it. Daughter pointed out that The Ex could call Son but didn't; The Ex could stop by but didn't. Daughter said they were talking about that yesterday, how The Ex didn't plan and then got mad at them for it. I said we got to see them just fine; we made plans five days in advance, everyone talked about it, and we made it happen...it's not that hard.
So far today, Ned was half an hour late picking up Daughter and as far as I know The Ex will only see 75% of her children. Although I suppose that's a step up from two years ago when she only saw 50% of her kids since she "had to work" (She managed to get off on Memorial Day, but not Mother's Day.) and didn't see Son or Daughter at all on Mother's Day that year.
Just because I'm an asshole, I made a comment to Husband this morning. I quoted The Ex's emails saying that we were "pushing Son away"...yet, I'm the one that got to celebrate Mother's Day with him. Weird how that works, eh?
We celebrated early yesterday with all four of the kids, plus Girlfriend and our grandbaby. I figured they'd be busy with The Ex, Girlfriend's mom, and it also being Girlfriend's first ever Mother's Day so we opted to do it a day early. Son even bought me a present which made me tear up. (I think Girlfriend made him do it but considering how our relationship was at this time last year, it definitely touches my heart.)
The Ex, on the other hand, is being her crazy narcissistic self. Daughter said on Friday night that she didn't even know if The Ex was picking her up today. Daughter had texted her asking what time they were coming for her; The Ex replied by asking what time she'd be in Tourist City on Saturday. (We were celebrating Mother's Day in Tourist City. Somehow, The Ex knew about it and thought she should be able to show up which really doesn't surprise me.) Daughter said she had to work until 1pm on Saturday. The Ex replied that they were going to miss each other because she had to work in the morning and then they were leaving by 3pm to go to another city that's closer to New City, and that they'd be spending the night there.
Daughter asked if she was getting picked up or not; The Ex replied, "Yes." I asked what that meant - did it mean yes, she was getting picked up or yes, she was NOT getting picked up? Daughter texted the same question I asked her; The Ex replied a second time, "Yes" (I swear, a box of rocks is more intelligent than this woman...)
Finally The Ex said that Ned was going to pick up Daughter at 9am, that she needed to be ready by then, and that she needed to look nice. Daughter asked what they were doing for Mother's Day; The Ex replied, "WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO COME" (The mental instability is just astounding.)
It dawned on me that if The Ex was going to spend the night out of town, she wasn't going to see Son on Mother's Day. I asked Daughter if this was correct. Daughter said that The Ex "is done with Son's crap." (Um...okay. She didn't elaborate and I didn't push it; she was already irritated because of The Ex.)
Last night, Girlfriend made a comment to Son about The Ex "giving them twenty minutes' notice that she wanted to do something and then getting angry" when they weren't able to do what she wanted. I asked Daughter about it this morning and what she meant by The Ex being "done with Son" and what Son had done to make The Ex mad. Daughter said Son didn't do anything and The Ex was mad at him for not bringing the baby over more often, for not talking to her, and for not spending time with her. Husband said he thought The Ex lived really close to Son. Daughter said yes, she did but she was still mad at Son for it. Daughter pointed out that The Ex could call Son but didn't; The Ex could stop by but didn't. Daughter said they were talking about that yesterday, how The Ex didn't plan and then got mad at them for it. I said we got to see them just fine; we made plans five days in advance, everyone talked about it, and we made it happen...it's not that hard.
So far today, Ned was half an hour late picking up Daughter and as far as I know The Ex will only see 75% of her children. Although I suppose that's a step up from two years ago when she only saw 50% of her kids since she "had to work" (She managed to get off on Memorial Day, but not Mother's Day.) and didn't see Son or Daughter at all on Mother's Day that year.
Just because I'm an asshole, I made a comment to Husband this morning. I quoted The Ex's emails saying that we were "pushing Son away"...yet, I'm the one that got to celebrate Mother's Day with him. Weird how that works, eh?
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