Well - at least one question answered. W sent an e-mail to home yesterday mentioning that the person she was trying to meet up with is actually someone we know but haven't seen in years. He has a part in a Christmas concert at his church and W wanted to get tickets for us.

After we had dinner and W was parked at the computer, one of the kids and I were talking about our busy weekend to come. W mentioned the concert to the kids and said that she was trying to get four tickets for us. With a surprised tone in my voice, I said "Oh..." W asked me if I had read her e-mail and I said that I did. What she did not mention in the e-mail was her definition of "us" - whether that meant the kids and her or all of us. I think that my "Oh" really shocked her as she knows how the kids and I feel about her excluding me from a lot of things.

Later in the evening, S was finishing his homework and asked me what I had planned for Saturday night while W and kids go to a cookie exchange party (one which has been going on for over 10 years and traditionally only the moms and kids attend). I told S that I had a party of my own to go to that evening. S asked if I minded being left out from the cookie party. I told S that since the tradition was for moms and kids only, I did not mind at all and respected their tradition. S was fine with that. \:\)

Me 52, STBEX 52
D 17, S 12
M 20 years
Em Sep since 2002, Phys Sep Sept 2009