It's All My Husband's Fault

  We haven't had any communication with The Ex in months.  She still has not logged into 2houses since December.  She hasn't paid toward her half of the medical bills since March.  I'm not concerned about collecting the money because it's a court order and she's legally obligated to pay.  My concern is that all of the receipts have been sent over 2houses for almost 6 years now; I'm not going to keep paying to use 2houses after Daughter turns 18 this year, so we're going to have to go back to court before the subscription expires so that we can prove that we did, in fact, supply her with the receipts within the appropriate timeframe as previously ordered by the court.  I have enough experience with The Ex that I know she'll walk into court, lie through her teeth, and claim that she never received any receipts from Husband.   It's not the biggest deal in the world, just another hoop she's making us jump through.  The Ex has told Daughter that she w...

  Last night, The Ex shared a video titled "Busy Dad Gets Wake Up Call" on her Facebook.  Along with this video, she tagged Boyfriend and wrote: "[Boyfriend first & last name]... Don't ever message me and ask me if the kids are with me... I got them excited that you were going to call... Don't you EVER tell them you will call them again tomorrow, next week. Because your tomorrows are months... I have kept our kids safe and protected them from so much. You killed ME, when I told them you were calling and didn't. For your kids, watch this to the end..."   The Ex's "best friend" ( The woman who "held The Ex and Ned together" during their "shitty wedding" and is divorced from a relative of Boyfriend's ) was the first to comment: "Unfortunately, broken promises run in his family.  But like I tell [the friend's son], remember how you feel so you never do the same thing to your children.  Your kids will grow up...

  I had previously blogged that Girlfriend had been telling Daughter that The Ex wanted to buy a house with Ned; you can read about that here .   A few weeks ago, Husband took Daughter to work one day.  While they were driving, Daughter started telling Husband that The Ex and Ned are buying a house together; Daughter said that they'd already looked at 2 houses and they really liked one of them.  Daughter said that Ned had commented that the house was probably priced at its lowest point right now.  Daughter also said that this house is "20 minutes closer to us." ( The Ex must have thought this would somehow make Daughter excited that she was moving "closer" to her...?  It seems extremely stupid to me that they'd move 20 minutes closer to us because that means they'd be 20 minutes farther from both of their jobs, the kids' school, Son & Girlfriend, and even Ned's son.  How is this an improvement? )  Daughter also said that they were going to ...

  With all this COVID-19 absurdity everywhere, you know that The Ex is going to do whatever makes the least amount of sense regarding it.   Our state closed the schools and non-essential businesses about a month and a half ago.  The day that they made the announcement, The Ex's younger sister called Daughter and asked if she was going to come up to Tiny City for spring break because she "didn't have to go to school."  Daughter told her she didn't know what was happening. ( This was our year for spring break so even if the schools had not closed, Daughter still would have been staying here. )   It also happened to be our weekend with Daughter when they announced that everything closed.  After everything was shut down for a week, it was supposed to be The Ex's placement weekend.  Daughter texted me on Friday afternoon:      Daughter:  So like dad is sleeping but I want to ask him if I can go to moms but don't want to wake him (...

  Daughter is friends with this guy who's a few years older than she is.  Somehow, The Ex got this guy's phone number and has been texting him; he hasn't answered her so The Ex wanted Daughter to ask him for an explanation as to why she was being ignored.  This is what The Ex has sent to him so far: March 6 8:49pm  - TELL [DAUGHTER] HER NAILS LOOK LIKE SHIT!!! 🤮 ( This was because Daughter had acrylic nails on, which The Ex repeatedly told her "look gross." ) March 22 4:02pm - Hi [name] 4:02pm - R u awake 4:03pm - We need to talk 4:03pm - SERIOUSLY 4:05pm - [First and last name]. How much do you like my daughter? 4:06pm - I know [Daughter] told u not to answer... but we should talk April 7 9:22pm - Good Evening Sir!!!! 9:23pm - Why are you not replying to my messages from days ago... 🤔 9:23pm - My daughter is very upset 9:23pm - She hates me 9:24pm - When you don't reply she cries 9:25pm - Her nails now look so beautiful, don't they??? 9:26pm - Those f...

  Our grandson recently turned one!!!  We spent the night at Son & Girlfriend's apartment since they've got room for all of us to fit now.  The weekend was really nice, but this blog isn't about my family; it's about The Ex and all the drama that she causes.   Saturday afternoon, we drove up to Tiny City to meet Son and Girlfriend at their place.  Then we drove over to the hall where they were having his birthday party to help set up and decorate; Girlfriend's parents were there already.  We all helped out and got done pretty quickly.  We went back to the apartment.  While we were there, Girlfriend started telling Daughter that The Ex wants to buy a house in Tiny City with Ned. ( Just a reminder:  Ned already owns his own house.  It's little but it's his and has been for almost 15 years now.  He bought the land, built the house, got married and divorced, and has kept it the entire time. ) Girlfriend said that there was a hous...

  The other day, Daughter decided that she was going to spill more tea.  Not a cup, not a bottle, not a quart.  Daughter dropped an entire 55-gallon drum of tea.   Daughter told me that Son went over to Ned & The Ex's house because recently, The Ex has been saying that she wants to leave Ned. ( They hadn't even hit their 10-month anniversary of being married and she already wants to bail. )  Daughter said that prior to Son coming over, the two of them had a 45-minute phone call about The Ex.  The two of them were on the same page; Daughter said, "If she leaves, she has to think of the kids because the kids have gotten to know [Ned] so well that the kids want to call him 'Dad'." ( What I wanted to say was, "This is exactly the same thing that your mom pulled on you and Son with Boyfriend.  Your mom didn't give a shit about you and Son back then; why would she give a shit about her kids now?!"  Instead, I bit my tongue here and just let her ...