It's All My Husband's Fault

  Girlfriend messaged me yesterday telling me that The Ex's son had gotten the baby sick again.  I told her that it's that time of year, it's kind of unavoidable, I'm sick myself and am just getting over it, and that I understood her frustration because it's hard to watch your kids sick when they're that small. ( I really tried to be diplomatic about this.  It's starting to be cold season; you can't always prevent a kid getting sick so I wasn't going to blame The Ex's son for it.  It happens. )   Girlfriend then said she was "SO MAD."  She said that she and Son had gotten stuck watching The Ex's younger kids and added, "Never was asked, was told." ( Again, not going to blame The Ex quite yet.  It's possible that she said something to Son about it and he forgot to tell Girlfriend until the last second.  Probably not, but I'm still willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. )  Girlfriend said there was practical...

  Daughter's volleyball team celebrated Parents' Night again.  And of course, The Ex attended just to get her own 15 minutes of fame.  You can read about the past two Parents' Nights here and here .   The day before Parents' Night, Daughter tells me that The Ex texted her asking if Daughter would make sure to please add Ned's name to the list of parents because she "didn't want him to feel left out."  Daughter replied, "Do I have to?"  The Ex told Daughter that she would pay her. ( No, I'm not making this up.  The Ex is paying Daughter money just to tell people that Ned is her parent.  This is epic. )  Daughter told me that she'd either buy Ned a flower or she'd write his name down, but she wasn't doing both.  I said I didn't understand why The Ex kept trying to force a relationship between Ned and Daughter.  Daughter tried to play devil's advocate with herself and said that she wrote my name down; I told her that I...

  The Ex has been posting stuff to Facebook lately that is keeping me so completely entertained.  We'll start with a post she shared yesterday; it asked how many women could honestly say that they loved a man for who he was and not just for what he had.  When she shared this, The Ex commented: "When I met [Ned first & last name], he seriously had nothing... ( When she met Ned he owned his own house, his own car, and even his own sailboat.  I honestly fail to see how this translates to "seriously having nothing." ) his ex even took the locks to the doors, sink plugs, toilet roll holder. ( I wonder what The Ex took when she left Boyfriend.  Also, I'm sure they were going to change the locks anyway so why is it a problem that she took them with her? ) She's a mad person!!! ( Ned's ex took minimal items that would inconvenience him when he moved back into his house.  After their divorce, The Ex gave Husband a garbage bag filled with some of his belonging...

  Son and Girlfriend came to visit this weekend.  They were here less than 18 hours and Son said twice that The Ex "is crazy."   Not in a playful tone when you tell someone, "You're so crazy!" and then you both laugh.   Girlfriend was saying that after finding out someone in Husband's family had bought their diaper bag, The Ex yanked on the zipper really hard, tore it, and said, "Oops!"  Son said, "Yeah, she's crazy."   The next day, the four of us were eating dinner.  I don't remember how it happened exactly; I think someone said something about Son getting certain traits from Husband or The Ex.  Son said again, "She's crazy."  Girlfriend said, "She is!"  I said that I wasn't going to comment and left it at that.  Son said, "No, seriously. She really is crazy."   I knew he'd see it eventually.  I just didn't think it would be this soon.