Tonight the W never called at 8 PM (like she said she would) to speak to our 2 S's as I was putting them to bed. I let both S6 and S2 leave her voicemail messages, and hoped she would return our call before they fell asleep. I then called the house and ther was no answer. I could tell the boys were disappointed, but I tried to assuage their concerns and kill a little more time (to give their mother another chance to call) by reading some more bedtime stories. Soon, it's almost 9 PM and 2 S's are very sleepy (we swam in the pool again today) -- and still no call from the W.
I am more than a bit concerned and starting to get a little ticked off. I tried all her phone numbers again for a second round, and still no luck. We leave another voicemail for her and S2 is is starting to whine about not talking to Mommy.
Finally she calls back just as I've given up. She claims to be at "the office" doing paperwork and missed our calls to her on her cellphone. Yeah, right. I am wondering whether she chose to "do her paperwork" at the office instead of at the house might be because a certain co-worker is keeping her company. Whether or not she's up to no good or not is not the point -- the fact that she forgot to call her own children when she promised them she would has got me steamed. (And she keeps telling me that she is being a good mother to our S's. Maybe in the past, but I'm certainly not seeing it now.)
You know if I had pulled this little stunt, especially after assuring S6 that she would call again before bedtime, but had actually forgotten, she would have reamed me a new one from head to toe.
Moreover, after that little blowup from her last weekend at not having ready access to be able to talk to our S's, this callous disregard for the fact that they, our S's, might actually want to talk to her is hypocritically grating. Such a double standard.
Please, somebody give me my real wife back! This ain't funny anymore.
