Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
The Ex hasn't unleashed her Holiday Crazy on Husband or myself this year. I'd like to say I'm thankful but she released it on a number of other people in her family, which Son and Daughter were exposed to and honestly, I think that's worse than if she would have just yelled at us for it. But anyway...
The Ex's family had planned to celebrate Christmas on the 21st at a hall, but then The Ex started the fight about Older Sister 2's boyfriend and how "they" didn't want him coming. They ended up getting together at The Ex & Ned's house on the 21st anyway; not everyone was able to make it, but there were still at least 15 people there. Then on Christmas Day, they had another get-together at The Ex & Ned's house which was the two of them, The Ex's youngest two kids, Son, Girlfriend, the baby, Daughter, and The Ex's parents. Lucifer was not there. (Daughter posted a picture of all the presents that were wrapped and I'm trying not to be bitter about it. The Ex still wants to pretend that she "has no money" yet due to all of the presents that were stacked so high and deep, you could hardly see their Christmas tree. I know she's always been extremely materialistic and I shouldn't let it affect me, but it does. This woman chose not to cover Son under her medical and dental insurance when he was still a minor and she still refuses to pay for her half of the kids' medical bills going back nearly 4 years. But her younger son got a $50 remote control truck and a drum set, among other things. Whatever. I'm getting off-topic and frankly, I'm sounding like a bitter stepmom which is not what I want to be.)
Last week, Daughter tells Husband that "he should switch a weekend with [The Ex]" next month. (First of all, it's not Daughter's place to discuss this. Second of all, The Ex hasn't said a word to Husband about wanting to switch.) We asked why. Daughter said that on one of The Ex's weekends, she has an away game on Friday and a school dance on Saturday which is being hosted by student council; since Daughter is part of student council, it's mandatory for her to attend the dance. We asked when The Ex wanted to switch weekends. Daughter said that The Ex wanted to switch for the following weekend, which happens to be Husband's birthday weekend. I said that wasn't going to work because Daughter has a basketball game on a Saturday that weekend. Daughter said, "Well...crap. I guess I'll tell Mom I'm staying here on her weekend. I guess I'm not celebrating Christmas with Grandma then." (Wait....what? Her grandmother was over at their house twice already for Christmas celebrations.) I asked why they'd planned their family Christmas on that day; Daughter said they hadn't realized she had a game. Husband said that The Ex has a calendar with all of Daughter's games on it. Daughter said, "Yeah, but do you think she looks at it?" Husband said that wasn't his fault; Daughter said it wasn't her fault either.
A few days later, everyone on The Ex's side was messaging in their group chat and Daughter commented, "Oh cool, so they had Christmas without me." (...now I'm totally confused.) I said that I thought they were having their family Christmas next month. (That's literally why Daughter said that The Ex wanted to switch weekends.) Daughter said that they'd sent pictures of Older Sister 1's grandchild with a bike they received for Christmas and that everyone was over at The Ex's parents' house, including Older Sister 2 who had previously said she wasn't coming to the family Christmas.
None of it makes sense to me. Setting aside that Daughter has an afternoon game on the weekend that The Ex wanted her "for their family Christmas," The Ex's son also has a wrestling tournament that day as well. She told everybody about it back in November because she expects all of them to come to Tiny City to watch him. Yet they planned to have their family Christmas that day, but then had it without Daughter anyway.
Nothing that family does will ever make sense to me.
The Ex's family had planned to celebrate Christmas on the 21st at a hall, but then The Ex started the fight about Older Sister 2's boyfriend and how "they" didn't want him coming. They ended up getting together at The Ex & Ned's house on the 21st anyway; not everyone was able to make it, but there were still at least 15 people there. Then on Christmas Day, they had another get-together at The Ex & Ned's house which was the two of them, The Ex's youngest two kids, Son, Girlfriend, the baby, Daughter, and The Ex's parents. Lucifer was not there. (Daughter posted a picture of all the presents that were wrapped and I'm trying not to be bitter about it. The Ex still wants to pretend that she "has no money" yet due to all of the presents that were stacked so high and deep, you could hardly see their Christmas tree. I know she's always been extremely materialistic and I shouldn't let it affect me, but it does. This woman chose not to cover Son under her medical and dental insurance when he was still a minor and she still refuses to pay for her half of the kids' medical bills going back nearly 4 years. But her younger son got a $50 remote control truck and a drum set, among other things. Whatever. I'm getting off-topic and frankly, I'm sounding like a bitter stepmom which is not what I want to be.)
Last week, Daughter tells Husband that "he should switch a weekend with [The Ex]" next month. (First of all, it's not Daughter's place to discuss this. Second of all, The Ex hasn't said a word to Husband about wanting to switch.) We asked why. Daughter said that on one of The Ex's weekends, she has an away game on Friday and a school dance on Saturday which is being hosted by student council; since Daughter is part of student council, it's mandatory for her to attend the dance. We asked when The Ex wanted to switch weekends. Daughter said that The Ex wanted to switch for the following weekend, which happens to be Husband's birthday weekend. I said that wasn't going to work because Daughter has a basketball game on a Saturday that weekend. Daughter said, "Well...crap. I guess I'll tell Mom I'm staying here on her weekend. I guess I'm not celebrating Christmas with Grandma then." (Wait....what? Her grandmother was over at their house twice already for Christmas celebrations.) I asked why they'd planned their family Christmas on that day; Daughter said they hadn't realized she had a game. Husband said that The Ex has a calendar with all of Daughter's games on it. Daughter said, "Yeah, but do you think she looks at it?" Husband said that wasn't his fault; Daughter said it wasn't her fault either.
A few days later, everyone on The Ex's side was messaging in their group chat and Daughter commented, "Oh cool, so they had Christmas without me." (...now I'm totally confused.) I said that I thought they were having their family Christmas next month. (That's literally why Daughter said that The Ex wanted to switch weekends.) Daughter said that they'd sent pictures of Older Sister 1's grandchild with a bike they received for Christmas and that everyone was over at The Ex's parents' house, including Older Sister 2 who had previously said she wasn't coming to the family Christmas.
None of it makes sense to me. Setting aside that Daughter has an afternoon game on the weekend that The Ex wanted her "for their family Christmas," The Ex's son also has a wrestling tournament that day as well. She told everybody about it back in November because she expects all of them to come to Tiny City to watch him. Yet they planned to have their family Christmas that day, but then had it without Daughter anyway.
Nothing that family does will ever make sense to me.
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