It's All My Husband's Fault

  This blog post has little to do with anything that The Ex said/did and is more just for me to vent.  Nothing really juicy here, just me whining about my feelings.  Feel free to skip 😂   Anyone who has a child knows that parenting is hard.  It's cliche but I totally agree with people who say it's the hardest yet most rewarding job that you'll ever have.   Speaking from my own experience, stepparenting is way harder than just raising your own kids.  Constantly being told that you're wrong regardless of what you say or do, always being paranoid about "overstepping" the invisible boundaries between parents and caregivers, loving someone that you didn't give birth to just as much as someone that you did...it's rough.   I remember when we first got Son a phone and were helping him program his speed-dial numbers.  #1 was automatically assigned to voicemail; Son said that he wanted Husband to be #2, he wanted The Ex to be #3, and he wante...

  The Ex hasn't logged into 2houses in over a month now, which means that she hasn't said anything to Husband in that same amount of time.  Come to think of it, she hasn't sent him a message since November when she asked if she could keep Daughter on our weekend but said she refused to switch weekends.  Husband replied, she logged in but didn't read the response.   Daughter recently had a very busy weekend, which happened to fall on The Ex's weekend.  Actually, it would typically have been our weekend except for the clause in the court order that gives The Ex any weekend that the kids had off of school on a Friday or Monday and switches if it's not already her weekend.  Daughter had off on the Friday of that weekend which means that The Ex was supposed to pick her up at 5:30pm on Thursday.  Daughter already knew that she had a lot of things going on that weekend and told us that she was going to stay here that weekend; I blogged about it here . ...

  I want so badly to be making all of this up, but I'm not.  This is quite possibly the most delusional thing that she has ever posted in her entire life.   Last night, The Ex shared a post from a Facebook page called "Fathers Matter" ( Just leave the irony of that alone because this is about to get so, so much worse. ) The post was a picture with the saying: "Mothers that love their kids will never teach them to hate their father."   Not only did she share it, but she also wrote: "No person should tell there kids to HATE the other parent... they will find out in time... It just turns that kid phsyco and has so much rage for everyone"   Listen, I know exactly why she shared this; she's talking about Ned's ex-wife and Lucifer.  The Ex feels that Lucifer's mom is making him "hate" Ned, which is turning him into a "phsyco" who is filled with rage.   I just cannot fathom how The Ex sees absolutely none of herself i...

  I've often felt that The Ex has very blurred lines when it comes to sexuality, particularly with people in her family.  Husband told me a long time ago that he found out after they had gotten married and had both of the kids that on more than one occasion, The Ex had slept with her first cousin whom she is related to by blood.  The Ex made a comment to Son when he was 14 years old about his underwear and then did a weird cat-call/growl thing.  A couple years ago, The Ex was posting pictures of Daughter's thong underwear on Facebook; she also made a comment about "ripping off Son's penis" because she found a cigarette butt and she was mad at him for it.  Back before she left Boyfriend, The Ex was telling the kids that she wanted to go on a sleigh ride with them and that she thought it would be "romantic." ( No joke - she was planning a "romantic" memory with her kids. )   But this, you guys.  This one is just all kinds of no.   The Ex'...

  The Ex hasn't unleashed her Holiday Crazy on Husband or myself this year.  I'd like to say I'm thankful but she released it on a number of other people in her family, which Son and Daughter were exposed to and honestly, I think that's worse than if she would have just yelled at us for it.  But anyway...   The Ex's family had planned to celebrate Christmas on the 21st at a hall, but then The Ex started the fight about Older Sister 2's boyfriend and how "they" didn't want him coming.  They ended up getting together at The Ex & Ned's house on the 21st anyway; not everyone was able to make it, but there were still at least 15 people there.  Then on Christmas Day, they had another get-together at The Ex & Ned's house which was the two of them, The Ex's youngest two kids, Son, Girlfriend, the baby, Daughter, and The Ex's parents.  Lucifer was not there. ( Daughter posted a picture of all the presents that were wrapped and I...

  I had wondered if The Ex was going to participate in Facebook's "10 Year Challenge" that was popping up all over the place.  She didn't, so I took the liberty of doing it for her.  This is actually a 12-year difference, but close enough.   Now you'll have to excuse me while I go pour bleach in my eyes. 

  I was filling out the order form for Daughter's basketball pictures.  ( You know, the ones where The Ex said she wanted a photo package and Daughter's senior banner for a grand total of $135? )  Daughter asked if I was filling out the form "for everything."  I said I was writing down what I wanted, I didn't know what The Ex wanted.  I asked if The Ex still wanted the $90 package; Daughter said no, she wanted something else.  I asked if The Ex still wanted the senior banner because I had called the school to ask and they said that we were able to buy more than one if we wanted.  Daughter said, "No, she said she was 'just kidding' about the banner." ( So...The Ex said she wanted a $45 banner as a joke?  Or a more realistic scenario is that a)The Ex thought the banner was free and said she wanted it, or b)The Ex thought we'd pay for it and she could have it. )  Daughter told me what The Ex wanted to order; it came to $42.   I asked how ...