It's All My Husband's Fault

  I had blogged about 2.5 weeks ago and said how The Ex was sharing quote pictures on Facebook which were just ridiculous.  Since then she's continued to the point of absurdity, often sharing things that are completely contradictory to her own behavior and lifestyle.  I've noted that this was the same behavior she exhibited in the weeks leading up to/following when she had left Boyfriend.  The "self-empowerment, independent, working-on-myself" posts were quite prevalent back then; now they're back with a vengeance.   The Ex recently shared a picture with the same quote she had shared earlier which read: "Divorce is ok.  Breaking up is ok. Starting over is ok.  Moving on is ok.  Saying no is ok.  Being alone is ok. What is not ok is staying somewhere where you aren't happy, valued, or appreciated, that's not ok."   Son was on Facebook and commented, "What's this about?"  The Ex's nephew liked Son's comment.  Then, one of ...

  I had previously mentioned but never blogged about this.  I came across an old word file that I used to use to document everything that happened with The Ex; I created a new file for each year as it occurred.  This particular incident was from 2013.   Son wanted to go camping with his friend & the friend's family over Memorial Day weekend, which happened to be The Ex's holiday.  I gave The Ex's phone number to the friend's dad so that he could call her directly and ask if Son could go with them.  The Ex had placement the weekend before Memorial Day so when we picked the kids up, Son mentioned something about coming back from The Ex's next weekend; I asked him if he wasn't going with his friend.  Son replied, "Mom said she never talked to [friend's dad.]  She even showed me her phone.  He never called her."   I thought that was weird because this particular kid didn't have many friends other than Son, so it was strange to me tha...

  Daughter messaged me last Wednesday evening.  This was our conversation: Daughter:  [Daughter's friend] want to know if I can go to her house Friday Me:  For how long? Daughter:  I think she wants me to stay over. I told her I had my party the next day. Daughter:  I'm also not going home ( Back to The Ex's ) on Monday. Daughter:  I'll tell you the long story/ fight I had with mom. Me:  Oh geez 🙄 Daughter:  Yupp. Daughter:  She is VERY mad. Me:  Is it was somehow Dad's/my fault? 😂😂 Daughter:  Kinda.  She was saying is someone bringing you back I told he nope. Daughter:  Her* Me:  Um.. transportation is her responsibility.  That's why she doesn't pay child support.  Who else is supposed to bring you back, other than her? Me:  Although I heard she's telling people that Dad is taking her back to court for child support, which is completely untrue.  ( I'm sure you know by now that I can't st...

  Grab some popcorn and buckle up - this is going to be lengthy.   Son and Girlfriend came down for the weekend.  They brought me some really pretty cutting boards with Bible verses on them; I was not expecting that and I thought it was the sweetest thing ever that they got me a "just because" gift.   Once Son was out of earshot, Girlfriend had a lot to say.  She told me some stuff about Ned, but most of it was The Ex.   Friday night, both Son and Girlfriend were telling me how The Ex was throwing a birthday party this weekend even though Son had told her weeks ago that they were coming by Husband and me.  Son said that they had gone over to The Ex & Ned's house recently and said, "She basically cornered me in the house and asked if we were coming to the party.  I told her no, we're going by Dad."  Son said that The Ex told him that Girlfriend had said that she wanted to come to the party instead of coming by us.  They went hom...

  The Ex has been posting on Facebook.  Not personal things, just sharing those pictures with quotes written on them.  Some of the most recent ones include: ~   ~   ~   ~   ~ "God, please remove anybody lying to me, using me, gossiping behind my back but pretending to love me to my face. Amen" ( The Ex apparently doesn't understand the irony of asking God to protect her from these kinds of people while simultaneously ignoring that every single thing written here describes her. ) "I used to feel like my side of the story needed to be told to keep facts right....now I don't care what story you choose to believe ✌️" ( Umm...this is really bizarre, especially considering that The Ex is typically the one making things up about other people. ) "I am in competition with no one.  I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone.  I am simply trying to be better than the person I was yesterday." ( Daughter cal...

  Thought I blogged about this years ago.  Someone brought it up recently and I had to go back to find the audio clip.   When we were withholding placement, The Ex was on the phone with the kids for nearly half an hour one night asking both of them what they wanted for Christmas.  The following is an actual excerpt from that conversation.   The Ex:  Grandma wants me to take her shopping to get you guys some stuff, so you need to think of some more things.   Son:  Mom, is "Black Ops II" on your list?   The Ex:  I'll write it.  What's the other one, "Halo 4"?   Son:  No, I don't want Halo.  That looks- no.  No.   The Ex:  What was it, "Halo 4" in case-   Son:  No, I don't want "Halo 4".   The Ex:  Alright.  What else, honey?   Son:  That's it.   The Ex:  Okay.  Was it "Halo 4" though, that you wanted?   Son:  ...well, you can get it if you...

  I blogged a few weeks back about The Ex pushing Daughter to get a job by her; The Ex set up an interview despite Daughter telling her that she didn't want to work at the bank.  The Ex told Daughter once she got the job, she'd have to tell Husband that she was going to be late on Fridays due to having to work until 5pm, and that she'd also have to work Mondays so she'd have to leave our house a day early.  Daughter said she was going to refuse to go to the interview; I told her to just go but explain what her schedule was because I'm sure that while The Ex was getting the interview set up, she didn't explain that Daughter doesn't live with her full-time.   Daughter grudgingly went to the interview.  We asked how it went.  Daughter said, "First of all, they shouldn't have spinny chairs in an interview room!" and started laughing.  Daughter said she kept turning side-to-side in her chair during the interview; she said the woman interviewing h...