Gee, W has been so much nicer than usual today -- thanking me, being courteous and communicative -- I guess since she's headed to the beach this weekend as a celebration of her upcoming birthday, she's treading lightly.
When I mentioned to my S's that their mother was headed to the beach for the weekend, it came as a big surprise to S7. She hadn't told them. That wasn't wise of W at all. S7 was a bit disappointed that his mother didn't see fit to mention to him about her plans -- not that he was being excluded but that she withheld this information from her own S's. I too was a little surprised to learn this (but if she's really up to no good, as I suspect, it is understandable she would not want to advertise it.)
It was sort of funny when she called this evening to talk to our S's before bedtime. I thought we had long put this all behind us, but then W made the mistake of mentioning she was having dinner while she was talking to them (at 8:30 PM, mind you) and S7 asked her point blank, "So who are you eating dinner with?"
W didn't skip hardly a beat (to her credit) and said, "Nobody. I'm here alone."
But S7 wasn't deterred, "I hear someone else there -- who is it? Who are you eating with, Mommy?" Meanwhile I'm looking at S7 and gesturing to him to cease and desist, because W was going to think I put him up to this.
W reiterated, "No. I'm here alone."
I said, "S7, it's a restaurant -- of course there are other people in a public restaurant."
For the record, it just grates on my soul to have to help run interference for W's indiscretions. A part of me believes strongly against deflecting the consequences of the infidel's own actions. But if it helps keep S7's relationship with his mother from being strained, and because I feel my S's do need their mother, I will do what I must, whether I like it or not. Lesser of evils and all, please understand.
After the call, S7 started to tell me he didn't think his mother was telling the truth, but I interrupted him and said he needed to not question or challenge his mother ever again like that. "If she gives you an answer to your question, accept it. Don't ever challenge her word again. She is your mother."
I can bet I'm going to get flack for this when W gets back. I'm not worried however -- I've about gotten used to this by now and I don't give a rip anymore what W thinks any longer. I've had quite enough of putting up with W's pretenses. Yeah, I'll defend her to a point for the sake of our S's, but between me and her, this person she's become is a sham, someone I don't want anything to do with.
