It's All My Husband's Fault

  Daughter already gave us a heads-up last week that The Ex wanted to switch weekends; she said that this upcoming weekend, The Ex had already made plans to go somewhere with Ned and her two younger kids.  I asked why she planned something on her placement weekend; Daughter said that The Ex "didn't think" it was her weekend.  Daughter asked if she had looked at the calendar. ( Translation:  You're an idiot, Mom. )  I don't know what excuse The Ex had for it.  Daughter then said that The Ex wanted to switch this weekend for a later weekend because Ned is having his annual party on Husband's weekend, and The Ex wanted Daughter to be there for the party.   Thursday night Daughter was on the phone with her; I heard her tell The Ex no less than three times to email Husband about switching weekends.  The Ex said she was going to hang up with Daughter and email Husband right away.  Unsurprisingly, she did not.  The Ex waited three and a half ...

  Husband woke up to this message from Son: "Hey  [Husband's first name], just wondering how everythings been going. ( Um...fine. ) How is the dog doing? ( Also fine. ) Just figured i would try starting conversation even though we both know you won't. ( About a month ago, Son drove all the way here to pick up his friend, who also happens to be our neighbor.  A few days later, he dropped the kid off.  Son never said hi, never told us he was coming, didn't even drive by our house.  But now, he's going to "try starting conversation even though he knows Husband won't"?  Is this supposed to be a joke??? ) I would have started off with hey Dad, but [Girlfriend's] dad has treated me more like a son more than you ever have. ( Why, because he lets you drive his car and live in his house? Wow, we should all aspire to have such great parenting skills. ) He deserves to be called Dad. ( Son must have thought this would offend Husband.  I call Husband's d...

  I don't think I ever told you guys this...   Long after they had gotten married and had kids, Husband found out that in the past, The Ex had sex with her cousin.   Her first cousin.   More than one time.   This same cousin is currently serving a prison sentence for murder because he shot his girlfriend in the face.   I completely wish I was kidding.

  Son moved out the same night he graduated.  Awhile back, one of his friends asked if he talked to us; Son said not really and his friend said, "That's good."  The friend asked if we had tried talking to Son; Son told him we haven't tried once.  His friend said, "That's really f*cking shitty." ( So, if Son doesn't talk to us, that's good.  But if we don't talk to Son, that's shitty.  How does that work, exactly? )   Son completely depleted the funds in his checking account.  He spent a lot of money on Google Play; I think one week it was over $150, primarily on one game.  He'd also use the ATM and get charged a $2.50 fee.  I kept an eye on the account and sure enough, one day it went negative by a little less than two dollars.  I transferred some money into Son's account to bring the balance back to $0, because Husband's name was also on the account and I didn't want there to be any negative repercussions for him.  Abou...

  Daughter decided she wants to play both volleyball and basketball again this year.  Husband emailed The Ex and told her on Sunday, July 22nd.  Husband said if she had any objections, to let him know; otherwise, he would send the schedules when he had them.  Daughter said something on Monday afternoon about letting The Ex know.  I told her that Husband had sent an email and that The Ex had 2 days to object; if she didn't object, then Daughter got to play and The Ex needed to make sure she was here.  Daughter asked, "...CAN she (object)?"  I said yes, technically she could but she needed to have a good reason for it.   The two days passed, no objection, Daughter is officially signed up for volleyball and will also be playing basketball.  But of course, it's never that easy...   We found out over the weekend that the new coach was planning practices for this week; Daughter was supposed to go back to Tiny City on Monday.  Husband ...

  Daughter has been more or less at war with The Ex over the last few weeks.  Honestly, I can't say that I blame her even a tiny little bit.  Here's a list of just some of what Daughter has told me has happened over the last 1.5-2 months.   A few weeks ago, Daughter was telling me how she made friends with a guy up in Tiny City who she met through her aunt/The Ex's sister.  Daughter said one day, she was at her grandparents' house; her grandpa and her aunt were home, and this guy came over to hang out.  The Ex found out about it and started yelling at Daughter for "hanging out with a guy."  Daughter got upset and told The Ex that she didn't know why she was getting yelled at for being only friends with someone, but Son can sleep with whoever he wants and get people pregnant. ( Son and Girlfriend  have been "trying" to have a baby for the last 6 months.  Girlfriend said that she was "pregnant," and I use quotation marks because none of...

  Last night, Husband got a text from The Ex at 5:37pm.  She just refuses to use 2houses, I'm assuming because she knows I have access to it and wants to pretend that I don't exist.  Anyway... "I forgot to tell you that I cannot take the kids to [city name] that week. ( This is regarding a message that Husband sent to her on 2houses about the kids needing to go in for a follow-up orthodontist exam next week; he emailed her on June 18th .  She read it on June 25th .  She's texting him about it on July 11th . ) I am only off every other Thursday at noon. ( Why the hell would I care about that? ) Unfortunately on my Thursdays he's only taking new patients. Unless you can take them the week of the 22nd that you have them( Son hasn't been to our house since he graduated on June 1st.  Since when is he coming here? ), they will go on Monday, August 6th. ( Fine, whatever.  It's just a retainer check. ) ALSO, ( I don't understand the CAPS lock use here, but...