It's All My Husband's Fault

  I continued thinking how strange it was that The Ex had been posting quite a bit about her and Ned's vacation.  I wondered what was so memorable about this, as not a single child belonging to either one of them had gone along for the trip.  The last time The Ex had posted any pictures of Son and Daughter was almost 2 months ago when they were all at her brother's wedding, and even that was just a single picture of Ned standing with The Ex and all of her children.  Now, we get to gaze upon a collective total of eighty-five photos and videos.  And every time she would upload something, her mother would share it via Facebook Messenger with Son and Daughter.  It all seems a bit excessive, wouldn't you agree?   I learned at a later date that following the vacation, The Ex texted a picture to a few different people including Son and Daughter.  It was a photo of her holding Ned's hand; The Ex wrote that Ned had given her a.....   ....promi...

  A little over a month ago, The Ex said to both kids that Husband "didn't tell her anything" and she didn't know where she was supposed to pick them up.  If you really think about that statement, it shows her ignorance.  Placement exchanges typically take place at our house; if she wasn't made aware of any changes to the schedule, why on earth was she asking where they were supposed to be picked up?  But anyway...   A week and a half ago, Husband emailed a PDF copy of Daughter's basketball schedule to The Ex and said he had also mailed her a paper copy.  The Ex read the message the day that it was sent and did not reply.  Five days later, Husband updated the calendar on 2houses showing all of Daughter's basketball practices/games.  This would mean that she was given not one, not two, but three different notifications of the fact that Daughter had practice on November 18th from 5:30pm until 6:45pm.   Later on in the week, The Ex asked So...

  The Ex has continued, both yesterday and today, to upload pictures and now videos of her and Ned's trip. "[Waterfall 6 name]" Uploaded three pictures. "[Waterfall 6 name] ends up in [Lake name]" Uploaded three videos. "Messing around by [waterfall 6 name]" Uploaded three pictures and a video. "[Waterfall 7 name]" Uploaded three pictures. "[Waterfall 6 name] ends up in [lake name]" ( Yes, we know.  You said that already. ) Uploaded a video she already uploaded. "[Waterfall 8 name] aka [waterfall 8 nickname]" Uploaded four pictures. "[Ned] and I climbed down to get a better view of [waterfall 8 nickname]. Had lunch and was challenged by [Ned] to climb back up 1 handed bc I didn't finish my soda and didn't want to empty it. ( ....this is literally one of the most stupid things I've ever read in my life. ) Challenge taken. ( Do you mean "accepted"? ) Beat it and got rewarded! ( She got rewarded for...

  Last night, The Ex posted multiple Facebook statuses about how Ned had taken her "waterfalling" and uploaded a total of thirty-nine pictures of their excursion.  Ned also uploaded an additional ten photos.  Let's start with the first one: "[Ned] took me waterfalling! This is [Waterfall 1 name]. Beautiful" ( I didn't think "waterfalling" was an actual term but UrbanDictionary.com proved me wrong. ) Uploaded four pictures.  Her friend commented, "So beautiful! Like you! Love and miss you! Glad your happy!!" ( This poor woman has no idea. )  The Ex replied, "Love you!!! Miss you even more. Thank you [friend's name], I am very happy!" ( For now.  Once upon a time, you were "very happy" with Husband and "very happy" with Boyfriend. ) "[Waterfall 2 name], upper and lower falls. Had fun climbing to it" ( If you didn't have fun doing it, would you have posted it to Facebook? ) Uploaded six pic...

  Extracurricular activities have always been a source of contention for The Ex.  Because she is a narcissist who cannot imagine anything existing outside of herself, it's impossible for her to understand and acknowledge that not only do the kids want to participate in things, but that it's beneficial to them.  Instead of recognizing the good that these activities do in the kids' lives, The Ex needs to reflect the focus back to herself.  Examples: Cheerleading   Husband asked if Daughter could join cheerleading; The Ex said she wasn't going to help pay for it and weeks later accused Husband of never discussing it with her.  The Ex accused us of forcing Daughter to participate and claimed she didn't like participating.  The Ex asked if Daughter could miss a performance because she didn't want to wait a few extra hours to pick up the kids.  When Daughter was chosen to perform during halftime at an NBA game, she had three mandatory practices - Th...

  Remember when I wrote this in July?  Okay, I forgot to mention that prior to anyone's birthday, she uploaded three pictures of all of her kids and wrote how she took them to a movie for an early birthday present to Son, Daughter, and her daughter.  About two weeks later, she uploaded four pictures of herself, her daughter, Ned, Son and Daughter horseback riding, which was Daughter and her sister's birthday gift from Ned and The Ex.  The Ex's son just had his birthday party this weekend and exactly as I predicted, she made a big deal about it.  So let's recap how this year went: Son's birthday - no acknowledgement on his birthday, was taken to a movie with the rest of the kids, went horseback riding for his sisters' birthday present ( He told us it wasn't very fun because his horse was either old or sick ). Daughter's birthday - no acknowledgement on her birthday, was taken to a movie with the rest of the kids, went horseback riding for her and her ...

  Last week, Daughter had practice at her school until 5:30pm; this also happens to be the exact placement exchange time.  The day that Son and Daughter were supposed to get picked up by The Ex, she started messaging both of them asking where they were supposed to get picked up and said that Husband hadn't said anything to her.   Initially, I thought we should maybe just let it go because it's just the same old crap with her - she doesn't pay attention to what's going on, blames Husband for her ignorance, repeat.  But I decided that I'd like some form of answer; the calendar showed Daughter would be in School City until 5:30pm, so why was The Ex confused?  Husband messaged her saying the calendar has shown since July that Daughter had practice until 5:30pm, they got done early, Son & Daughter said The Ex was already going to Our City, I decided to bring them to our house rather than leave them at the school to wait for The Ex, and then The Ex was upset tha...