It's All My Husband's Fault

  The Ex currently owes us nearly $300 for the kids' medical bills but hasn't made any type of payment for almost six months now.  The bills are supposed to be repaid within 30 days of us submitting them to her, yet the oldest bill dates back to December of 2014.  My reason for bringing this up is that The Ex & Ned decided to take a "family vacation" this weekend - without Ned's son - that is costing them probably close to $1,000 once you factor in transportation, food, housing, admission, etc.  So WE pay for the kids' insurance, we pay for OUR half of the balance of the bills after insurance makes their payment, and we end up paying for HER half of the the bills.  We're paying three separate times for this crap, and she's taking the kids on vacation in another state.  Oh, to be a deadbeat parent...   I am also beyond disgusted by Ned's behavior; he & his exwife had a baby who was either stillborn or died the same day it was born; they la...

  If I didn't know better, I'd swear that The Ex is starting to turn into Joan Crawford.   Earlier this week, Daughter told me that The Ex had gotten mad at her over the weekend.  Daughter said that earlier in the morning, The Ex had let Daughter and her younger siblings go over to The Ex's parents' house.  At some point, a family friend's daughter was being released from the hospital, so Daughter went with two of her aunts and the family friend to pick up the friend's daughter.  Daughter said that The Ex got angry with her because she had gone to the hospital.  Daughter said that The Ex always says she wants to spend time with the kids but when she and Son are there on the weekends, The Ex spends all of her time with Ned.  I told Daughter I was confused as to why The Ex had gotten upset because even if Daughter had not gone to the hospital, she still would have been at The Ex's parents' house - not at Ned's.   Last night, I found out tha...

  Last week, The Ex and Boyfriend had their final divorce hearing.  The Ex submitted a financial disclosure and a proposed marital settlement agreement. ( I'm not sure of the exact outcome, but it doesn't make sense to me how a judge could do anything other than order that The Ex be awarded 100% of both the assets and the debts.  Boyfriend isn't in the country anymore; there's no way to enforce any judgment against him, and there's no way for him to take possession of any property he may have been awarded. )  The divorce was granted, and her lawyer is responsible for submitting the final paperwork to the court.   At 8:20pm the same night, The Ex uploaded two pictures to Facebook; one close-up of her face with a huge over-the-top smile ( I'm not exaggerating when I say that this picture makes her look exactly like Wallace from "Wallace & Gromit."  If you don't know who that is, Google it.  You'll be glad you did. ) and one of her and Ned....

  Son has been toying with the idea of playing football again this year.  As a reminder, this is what's happened over the last few years:       2011      Son asked if he could play, Husband told The Ex about it three months before it started both in person and by text.  After talking about playing for six straight months, Son suddenly said he was scared he'd get hurt if he played football ( Husband and I explained that yes, there are risks but it's not guaranteed that you'll get hurt.  After we talked to him, it became very apparent that "someone" had tried scaring Son out of playing football. ).  After we talked with him, Son once again was excited to play.      Practices rolled around, Son said that he had a great time and he loved it; The Ex refused to take Son to practices, claiming she didn't have the money to drive Son back and forth to practices that were on "her time," denied that Husband talked to her about t...

  Allll the way back on January 28th, Daughter came home with a note saying that the state basketball tournament would be on the weekend of March 11th, and that quite a few of the girls from her team were going to attend.  We asked if she also wanted to go, she said yes, we told the parent organizing the ticket purchase & hotel rooms that Daughter would be going. ( This shouldn't have been a problem, as The Ex previously stated that "what...Daughter wants to do is her first and highest priority." )  Husband logged into 2houses, sent The Ex a message about the tournament since it was on her weekend, asked if she wanted to switch weekends or just pick up Son that Friday, and then added the tournament to the calendar.   Again - that was on January 28th .  The tournament was on the weekend of  March 11th .  The Ex was given a full 6 weeks' notice of the schedule change, and she was given the option of switching that weekend so that she could spend ti...

  Communication has been at a minimum and The Ex logs into 2houses about once every two weeks.  Not really anything new to report on that front. ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   Boyfriend was transferred to another detention facility.  My curiosity got the best of me so I called there; he's getting deported this week. ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   The Ex now has not one, but  two  creditors garnishing her wages.  I almost feel as if she spent so many years telling everyone that she had no money, it's like she willed it into existence.  One week after the first creditor filed, The Ex changed the registration on her car; my best guess is she's trying to hide one of the two assets she has left. ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   The Ex changed the license plate on her vehicle five days before it had to be renewed.  My assumption is that she's registered it in someone else's name in an attempt to...

  A few months ago, The Ex and/or her attorney submitted a proposed marital settlement agreement because she and Boyfriend are still legally married.  According to what she submitted, The Ex and Boyfriend have allegedly $30,000 in assets and $19,000 in debt; among other things, The Ex somehow valued Boyfriend's truck at only $2,000 but conveniently left her vehicle out of the calculation.  The Ex is essentially proposing that she be awarded the majority of the assets and come out approximately $10,000 ahead, while Boyfriend would be left with only his truck and nearly $8,500 in debt.    Daughter told Husband and I that last weekend, The Ex went back to New City to get the rest of her things from the trailer she & Boyfriend own so that she could list it for sale.  Daughter said that The Ex had to take her friend with her because there are four other people living there who do not speak English and The Ex is unable to communicate with them.   ...