Oh, I left out some answers to your questions. I think this cold medicine I took went straight to my head!
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do you ask his advice about things
I have, but then he gets P^ssed when I do. He says "my opinion never mattered before to you, so now you can't have it."
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act like you really care about what he has to say.
Yes, I have learned to keep my mouth shut and not interrupted him mid sentence like I used too. Even when there is spew coming from his mouth.
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do you react each time he is a jerk instead of letting it go ?
I am learning to pick my battles. For instance, he is supposed to only have the kids from Friday to Sunday, but last Sunday he wouldn't give them back to me so we could go to my Mom's for a couple of days. I didn't argue with him but I insisted on the visitation time. He wouldn't let go, I wouldn't let go, and finally I let him have his way. He ended up being really pleasant to me for the next couple of days, but then out of nowhere, he insisted that I not come to the family function. Just when I thought that we were having a babystep.
