Parents' Night, again.
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'd been in her life for almost 14 years and that we got along, that was the difference. Daughter acknowledged that was true.
Daughter is a much better person than I am so even though she didn't want to do it, she did write down Ned's name. The Ex and Ned showed up, they did the presentation, and then we all went to sit down.
Shortly after that, our neighbor's daughter showed up for the game and asked, "Is [Daughter's] mom coming? She said that she was." I said yes, The Ex and Ned were both there. She said, "Really? Where?? I didn't see them." I told her where they were sitting. Husband looked at me and said, "[The Ex] isn't here." I thought he was wrong, so I turned and looked - nope, nobody sitting there anymore. The game had started not even 15 minutes prior and The Ex was already gone. Some other parents couldn't believe she had already left. I repeated what I had said earlier in the night: The Ex does not come to Parents' Night for Daughter, she comes to Parents' Night so that everyone can pay attention to her. This entire thing has absolutely nothing to do with Daughter and everything to do with The Ex.
I just don't understand how she's so oblivious to how stupid she looks to everyone in that gym when she shows up twice a year and then leaves without even watching her child play. And if you think that behavior is bad, wait until I blog about the conversation that I had yesterday with Girlfriend...
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'd been in her life for almost 14 years and that we got along, that was the difference. Daughter acknowledged that was true.
Daughter is a much better person than I am so even though she didn't want to do it, she did write down Ned's name. The Ex and Ned showed up, they did the presentation, and then we all went to sit down.
Shortly after that, our neighbor's daughter showed up for the game and asked, "Is [Daughter's] mom coming? She said that she was." I said yes, The Ex and Ned were both there. She said, "Really? Where?? I didn't see them." I told her where they were sitting. Husband looked at me and said, "[The Ex] isn't here." I thought he was wrong, so I turned and looked - nope, nobody sitting there anymore. The game had started not even 15 minutes prior and The Ex was already gone. Some other parents couldn't believe she had already left. I repeated what I had said earlier in the night: The Ex does not come to Parents' Night for Daughter, she comes to Parents' Night so that everyone can pay attention to her. This entire thing has absolutely nothing to do with Daughter and everything to do with The Ex.
I just don't understand how she's so oblivious to how stupid she looks to everyone in that gym when she shows up twice a year and then leaves without even watching her child play. And if you think that behavior is bad, wait until I blog about the conversation that I had yesterday with Girlfriend...
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