It's All My Husband's Fault

  I blogged previously about how Son's therapist had recommended that he distance himself from The Ex in order to start making progress with his mental health.  This blog post is going to highlight exactly why it's necessary and I truly hope that Son makes the right decision for himself before things get even worse.   Awhile back, The Ex created a group chat on Facebook which included herself, Ned, both of her parents, all three of her sisters, her brother & his wife, Son & Girlfriend, Daughter, her niece, and two of her nephews.  The Ex uses the group chat to announce family gatherings, birthday parties, her kids' extracurricular activities, etc.  Son has left this group chat more than once, the most recent being in February.   Last Monday, The Ex re-added Son to the group chat at 5:57pm and then messaged the group about her youngest son's baseball schedule: "[The Ex's son] plays today at [field name] at 6pm. Field 1" ( No, I'm serious.  She l...

  This might be my longest blog post to date.  Grab yourself a drink and some popcorn, because you'll be here awhile.    Daughter has been seeing someone for over a year now; we'll call him Guy.  I'd really prefer to call him Douche because that's what he is, but anyway...that's not the point of this blog.  This particular post is going to be about Daughter and Guy, and how The Ex is royally f*cking with Daughter's head.   Now truth be told, I do not like Guy.  Daughter had a couple of "boyfriends" in high school and I never had a problem with any of them while she was dating them.  I liked them, had no objections to Daughter spending time with them, and liked seeing her happy.  Guy?  No thank you.  Daughter could be doing so much better, and I'm not even talking physical appearances.   The first problem I have is that Guy is slightly over four years older than Daughter; the two of them started "talking" when she was only ...