It's All My Husband's Fault

  I forgot to blog about this, but you should get a laugh out of it.  Last weekend, Tiny City had their prom.  Son was going to go with Girlfriend.    Sometime last week, a girl sent Girlfriend a message; this girl dated Son for a couple months in 2016, and still goes to school with Son and Daughter.  The girl asked Girlfriend if she could tell Son that he needed to do his work because he had "stopped trying" and she didn't want him to fall behind.  I don't know what Girlfriend replied, but the girl then said that in the classes she shared with Son, all he did was play a game on his phone and text Girlfriend.  Girlfriend got irritated because she felt like this girl was blaming her for Son not doing his work.   Suddenly, The Ex got involved.  I'm assuming this girl also messaged her.  The Ex sends Son a message that was completely in CAPS that read: "[SON] IF U R NOT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK OR HANDING IT IN LATE YOU WILL NOT B GOIN...

  Among other things, I blogged the other day about The Ex bringing Son and Daughter home an hour and half late on Sunday evening.  Husband was going to email her about it on 2houses but decided it's not worth it; it's just going to start a fight and it's not going to change anything.  Husband had left that morning to go out-of-state for work; I'm sure she rationalized her behavior by saying that since Husband wasn't home anyway, it didn't matter what time they came back because he's the parent so he has placement and I do not.  So in her mind, she felt completely justified in not returning them by the court ordered time.  Never mind that on her placement weekends, Son spends the entire 2 days with Girlfriend - she's going to complain about what we do on our time.   And to be entirely honest, I felt a bit of sympathy for her the other day because something dawned on me:  she had to drive almost 4 hours round-trip for the sole purpose of dropping...

  Son needs baby pictures for the slideshow at the graduation ceremony.  We have some pictures of him when he was younger, which we got from Husband's family members.  We don't have any baby pictures because The Ex refused to let Husband have any when they split up.   Son told The Ex on Friday morning that he needed pictures.  She said to remind her later because she wasn't home.  Son reminded The Ex again on Friday afternoon.  Son reminded The Ex on Saturday night that he needed baby pictures.   The Ex decided to start going through baby pictures on Sunday afternoon.  Daughter texted me at 4:20pm saying they were running late because The Ex was getting baby pictures for Son. ( Reminder: the kids are supposed to be dropped off at 5:30pm.  That's the court-ordered exchange time, which The Ex requested. )  When they still weren't home at 6:30pm, I texted Daughter asking where they were.  No answer.  I texted The Ex askin...

  Husband got a letter from the mediator's office last week.  In case you guys haven't noticed by now, I have a serious pet peeve with people who can't construct a mature-sounding letter.  I get a huge laugh out of The Ex whenever she tries because she's just not smart enough to use proper verbiage, punctuation, or even the words that she's intending to use. ( Like when she told the court that she tried to leave her home during her and Boyfriend's "allocations," or when she told Husband to stop acting inferior to her. ) She's an idiot, I get it.  But I expect more from people in a professional setting.   The letter was addressed to both Husband and The Ex, except The Ex's name was not even her name.  It's a name that's similar to hers, if you omit certain letters and add more letters that aren't in her name.  That alone makes me roll my eyes, but the best part was the letter itself. "Dear [not The Ex's name] and [Husban...

  Ned and his ex-wife have been arguing, which isn't necessarily new.  Last month she filed a motion to modify child support.  They scheduled a hearing and her motion was denied.  This week, she sent a letter to the court, the court replied, and now Ned has sent a letter to the court.  I don't know when, but at some point I'm taking a vacation day for the sole purpose of driving to the courthouse in Tiny City and reading all of these court records - Ned's divorce, The Ex's divorce from Boyfriend, the restraining order Ned's exwife filed against him, etc.   Next month might be a bit more interesting for us.  Last fall, The Ex filed a motion asking that Son be placed with her for his final year of high school; the court referred Husband and The Ex to mediation. ( I blogged about it here and here . )  Since they agreed to hold open mediation for six months, the mediator should be calling both of them in the next 2-3 weeks.  Unfortunately for ...

  Tiny City has free weekly movies that are sponsored by the library.  The Ex was once telling Son that she wished she had them during the week so they could go and do something without spending money.  I don't remember exactly how it was worded, but I do remember that she complained about the "free G** d**n movies" that she couldn't take Son or Daughter to see. ( Such a caring, loving way to speak to your child. ) ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   I blogged the other day and had written that Daughter told me that Ned, The Ex, and her two youngest kids had gone to see a movie while The Ex's sister babysat for Ned's son.  Daughter said that Ned didn't want Lucifer to go because the movie they were seeing was "too violent"; they don't allow Lucifer to watch action movies because of him making comments that he's going to kill Ned.   Regardless of whether it was The Ex's or Ned's decision to leave Lucifer behind, I think this is completely...

  Driving home last night, Daughter got a phone call.  She answered it and I could tell that it was The Ex's sister.  They talked for a little while and Daughter said, "Well, he's the one that wants to marry her!"  Daughter continued talking to her aunt and started complaining about Lucifer, how Ned doesn't discipline him, and she agrees with The Ex that Lucifier doesn't learn anything based on what Ned thinks is disciplining his son.   Daughter told her aunt, as she's told us before, that she thinks that The Ex would have been better off without Ned; she said that The Ex has more problems now than she did before Ned was in the picture. ( I don't see how that's possible but then again, I've been aware of The Ex's stupidity for much longer than Daughter has.  It's easy to think that Ned is the reason that everything is falling apart. )  They talked a little longer about some other things and then hung up.   After she was off the phon...