Mother's Day was absolutely wild.

   I hope all you mommas (bio, step, adopted, unable to conceive, etc) had a beautiful day on Sunday.  Personally, my day was amazing.  I slept in, Husband grilled out exactly what I wanted to eat, I did practically nothing the entire length of the day, and Husband/the kids got me a personalized necklace with all four of the kids' names and their respective birthstones which made me cry when I opened it because I had literally been looking for something exactly like that for myself but didn't want to spend the money.

  The Ex?  Oh boy.  Ohhhh, boy.

  I didn't mention in earlier blog posts but Daughter and Guy broke up just before Christmas.  Daughter saw his true colors, realized all of the things that I had previously warned her about were true, and decided she was done.  I didn't blog about all the drama that was involved because I try to keep my family's personal stuff out of posts and just focus on The Ex's insanity.  However, this break-up ties into Mother's Day.

  Back in December, Guy told The Ex about the break-up just like he'd done last May; we know this is a fact because Daughter had called The Ex for New Years' and The Ex knew about the break-up despite Daughter not saying anything to The Ex about it.  Daughter said she started to open up to The Ex but then remembered how The Ex had completely sided with Guy the last time this happened, so Daughter simply told The Ex that she didn't want to talk about it. (I don't know if you've seen that post on social media that says something along the lines of, "Explaining how you feel shouldn't turn into an argument."  But that's exactly what this situation is.  Daughter doesn't want to be with Guy; The Ex wants Daughter to be with Guy, so she doesn't care what Daughter wants and will try to convince her to do whatever The Ex says.  It's not about Daughter being happy, it's about her being compliant.  Daughter recognizes that it's going to turn into a fight so she just avoids it altogether by not discussing her feelings with her mother.)

  About a week and a half after the breakup, Guy texted Daughter again:
"Talk to your mom so she leaves me alone please& thank you I still love and care for you and I just wanna get over you as easy as possible" (They'd been broken up for 2 weeks and The Ex was still contacting him.  Totally not creepy or anything...)
  I told Daughter that if Guy wanted The Ex to stop contacting him, then a)he shouldn't have contacted her about the breakup to begin with and b)he was a grown-ass adult who could ask her himself.  To a certain extent, I don't think that Guy actually meant this; I think it was a ploy between him and The Ex to try and get a response out of Daughter.

  So in all that time, we've heard nothing more from Guy.  Daughter is still single and weighing her options, she's in no rush to find someone, and we're all great.

  Until Mother's Day.

  Daughter stayed by us for the weekend but still wanted to wish The Ex a happy Mother's Day.

     Daughter called The Ex around 12pm.  No answer.
     Daughter called The Ex around 4pm.  No answer.
     Daughter called Ned around 4pm.  Still no answer.
     Daughter called her younger sister around 4pm, who answered and told her that The Ex was "still sleeping." (.....how?  Was she completely shit-faced the night before that she slept away the entire day?  Listen, mornings and I are not friends - never have been, never will be.  But I cannot name a single time when I - sober, drunk or hungover - was in bed until 4pm.  And definitely not on Mother's Day, which I personally feel ought to be spent with the people who made you a mother.) Daughter talked to her sister for a bit and said she'd try to call The Ex later.
     Daughter called The Ex a little after 7:30pm.  No answer.
     Daughter called The Ex just after 9pm and her call was finally answered.

  After hanging up, Daughter came downstairs and told me and Husband that she "finally got a hold of her mom."  I said that was good.  Daughter said, "Yeah, I wished her a happy mother's day and then we got into an argument." (That's...peculiar.)  I asked what they fought about.  Daughter said, "She told me that she's still talking to [Guy]." (......I beg your effing pardon?!)  Daughter said that she told The Ex to stop talking to him and The Ex argued, "I'm not.  But if he texts me, I answer him." (Okay, but that would be talking to him.  You do not need to initiate the conversation to talk to someone; that's literally not how "talking to someone" works.) Daughter said that The Ex went on about how Guy still cares about Daughter and how much he loves her; Daughter said she told The Ex that she didn't care how Guy felt, she was over him, and that she hadn't even cried when they broke up this last time.  Daughter told us that it made sense now why The Ex still had a picture of Daughter and Guy above the fireplace in her and Ned's house; I told Daughter that was really creepy.  Daughter said she told The Ex that she hadn't told her at the time, but after the last break-up Guy had texted her telling her to tell The Ex to leave him alone.  Daughter said The Ex continued to go on about how much Guy missed Daughter and loved her.  Daughter said she told The Ex that the person that Guy pretended to be when he went to visit at her house is not who he actually is; she said that Guy would ask The Ex how her day was or ask if she needed help with anything. yet tell his own mother he didn't want to hear about her day and tell her to shut up.  The Ex still kept defending Guy and saying Daughter ought to give him another chance; Daughter told The Ex that was never going to happen.

  Husband and I must have been on the exact same wavelength because I wasn't verbalizing my petty thought until Husband said to Daughter, "Well, if your mom thinks [Guy] is so great, maybe she should date him."  I added, "I was just about to say, 'Since she thinks [Guy] is so great, maybe he can be her fourth husband."  Daughter said, "Right?!"

  That woman, I swear...