It's All My Husband's Fault

  I got a text yesterday from a friend of ours, who had also attended the graduation with her husband and two daughters; she said that she and her oldest daughter had tested positive for COVID and we needed to be aware of any symptoms.  Not five minutes after my friend told me about her positive diagnosis, someone totally unrelated to them came into my work for two reasons; one was actually work-related and the other was to tell me about my friend's diagnosis so apparently, the news was already spreading around School City like wildfire.   I told Daughter and said she probably ought to tell The Ex about it because a)The Ex and Ned were both at graduation and b)Daughter is supposed to go to Tiny City this weekend for a group birthday/graduation party.  Daughter thought maybe we could just skip informing The Ex of everything but I pointed out that The Ex's parents were supposed to attend the party; The Ex's dad has had health issues for years, dating back to when Husba...

  Daughter had taken a screenshot of the email sent out by the school regarding the graduation ceremony and procedures, which included picking up your tickets at the school office; she sent the screenshot to The Ex.  The Ex replied that she didn't have any tickets.  Daughter told her that we had the tickets.  The Ex replied, "GREAT..."     The night of graduation, Daughter called The Ex for something.  Not entirely sure what.  Either way, The Ex had previously told Daughter that she was going to be done with work at 4pm.  Daughter called The Ex around 4:15-4:30pm; The Ex was still at work.  Daughter said that The Ex asked if we were all going to sit separately.  Daughter told her that we'd probably all be sitting together because we were all there for the same kid.  The Ex argued that the school shouldn't be sitting us together because we don't all live in the same household; The Ex then told Daughter to tell the school to...