It's All My Husband's Fault

  Husband's and/or my interactions with Ned have been extremely limited and short.  We've never really talked to him about much so we've never really gotten to know him.  Most of what we know about Ned is whatever Daughter tells us.   Daughter hasn't kept it a secret that she doesn't like Ned, she doesn't consider Ned to be her parent, and that she doesn't think that The Ex should be with Ned.  Have you ever seen that e-card that says, "Once you hate someone, everything they do is offensive.  'Look at this bitch eating those crackers like she owns the place.'"?  I feel like that's the level that Daughter is on with Ned.  While I don't think it was right for him to make fat jokes about her, I wonder if he truly just clueless and didn't understand how that would be offensive.   The day that our grandson was born, we spent quite a few hours with/around Ned.  He was....very nice, actually.  He initiated conversation with Husband...

  If you've just started reading, or perhaps those of you who read it but forgot, I blogged years ago about how money is always the driving factor with The Ex. You can read all about it here .  Also, keep in mind that blog post was over five years ago so countless things have happened since then which haven't been summarily documented in the same manner.   Earlier this week, Daughter commented about going in for a dental exam and asked about getting her wisdom teeth removed.  I told her I didn't know what to say about that because Husband had repeatedly asked The Ex when she would have her half of the money to get Son's removed when he was still at home with us; I told Daughter that The Ex would read the messages and ignore Husband.  ( Knowing how she tried to weasel out of paying $14.80 for basketball shoes on the basis that she "never agreed to it," I have no doubt she would have fought tooth and nail over having to pay back almost $500 for one bill ...