D1 was having a good time this morning. She was sitting in the room playing with toys and when she saw me she leaned forward reaching out for me and wanted me to hold her. She kept her head on my shoulder and kept mouthing "da da da da."

I donated some leftover baby food (D1 has gone to real food) to the daycare as well. Two of the workers there were recipients of my mass email, although they haven't mentioned it - I know at least one of them has read it.

Things I noticed:
1. One of the workers was the same one who tried to prevent me from seeing D1 early in the S. She was always very hostile towards me, although I started killing her with kindness immediately after that incident, holding the door for her, making small talk, etc. This morning she was bragging openly to the other workers about all the baby food I had brought and how nice that was of me.
2. The worker that watches D1 normally has read the email, but she didn't mention it. She has been making small talk in the mornings for the past two weeks with me, and she has been keeping me updated on D1 for the days I don't text W. This morning she engaged me in conversation on how long I've been going to the church, her background, what she liked about the church, and we got into a semi-religious discussion and I mentioned a few key points about W's background she understood as well. I then talked of my faith and belief that all things work out as they should, and sort of referencing my own situation said "there is another side to this, and things will turn out for the best." When I went to leave she said "I hope you have a great day."

I'm sure W has been telling them all sorts of stories about how horrible I am since the S - and now they are probably starting to question some of what they've been hearing - because what they've been seeing for the past 4 months is a father who comes in every single morning to spend time with his daughter, who is kind, courteous, respectful, and consistent.

And even before the mass email they had gotten to the point where they saw how excited D1 was to see me in the mornings. They would all comment on how "daddy is here to see you!" and would laugh at how she'd start grinning and reaching out for me.

On the legal front, I'm sure I've neutralized some of W's negative advocates, and they won't be so gung-ho to support her without question now. Haven't heard anything else on their desire for a "restraining order" to prevent me from telling the truth. A. They can't restrain me from contacting others, B. This isn't the first impression they'd want to make in front of the judge: "Your honor I'm having an affair and you need to make my husband stop telling everyone."

On the marriage front, I'm sure W's cunning plan last week didn't go like she expected. I'm sure they spent the entire week putting that story together. "Oh just say you are here to get your car fixed." Now that they've had the reaction from me, it isn't quite as rosy as they figured it could be. Now W has to be taking every glance, every strange look, and every hesitation in someone's voice through paranoia - because she doesn't know everyone I sent it to. But she does know a few that contacted her about it, so she knows I wasn't kidding.

I don't even have to say anything now. Made my point, and now they can decide whether to continue condoning and enabling W's A. This wasn't just denial - this was open support and is disgusting to see this behavior from people I spent so much time giving to.


"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."