Game Over?

[dday101798]

t-minus 4 days.

So, another act or is someone's conscience kicked into high gear with a few days left?

Shortly before I arrived in the neighborhood to pick up the boys, got a text from W "can you pick up the kids @ dad's? dad is there?" First off "dad" and I as outlined in my threads are right back where we started from, I hate him, he hates me, no love lost. So i pull over and gather my thoughts on a 'polite' response and just come up with 'fine, but he best not start anything'.

Quite a few minutes go by, I presume she called him to see what kind of mood he was in, then texts me "I'm at (such and such intersection) and will be home shortly". I figure it best and just wait it out. Roll through the ATM and she calls and says she "home" and i say I'll be there in a few. Got there and S12 comes out first, has a new 'rock band' hand held game he's showing as W and S10 come out. S12 is trying to show me the screen the entire time and has his head on my shoulder and I ahve my arm around him all the while. W "looked" like she wanted to cry. didn't say anything to her, barely acknowledged her presence.

Boys and I left and went about our evening. At dinner they got started again about the "move" and the schools. At one piont S12 said several times he wanted to live with me, and S10 wasn't too upbeat about living there either. I again as always re-itterated, 'guys, this can always be changed if you're unhappy'. They were satisifed again with that, S12 says he told W flat out he wants to live me and said that W told him "fine if you want to live with your father than go live him" and S10 confirmed this. Again I repeated my statement and that i also have a say so in their school situation and we will figure it all out and dropped it.

We went bowling as usual and had fun.

When the night was over I dropped them off at "her house". She didn't come out right away, but when she finally did she was rather 'over-dressed' for someone at 9pm, making dinner in a deep frier in white shirt. We'll just say her outfit revealed her assets (something I always tried to encourage her to do, but she never did) and she had her hair up for the first time I can remember wearing a constant smirk and 'happy demeanor'.

Once again, I refrained from making much contact, only to say that I would be late Satruday morning to pick them up as I have to straighten an issue out at the bank. Not saying this but the issue is my child support checks that are coming up as withdrawls. She detected that right away and her demeanor changed to the negative. Then S10 tells her that he doesn't want to go to school there and that I told him I have as say-so in it. W imediately turns around, throws her arms up in the air, "I don't know if you're going to go school there, I don't know if we're going to live there at all, I DON'T KNOW!!!" Then says she has to go inside and finish dinner.

For half a second I saw the previrbial 'rope' and almost reached for it. But then a quick glance over my shoulder to OM's car sitting there reminded me of all she said last week and that as remarkable as she looked, this is no longer the woman I was married to. Said good to the boys and that I loved them and would see them Satruday morning.

Going to have to contact W tonight to find out a good time to call S10 tomorrow mornign and wish him a happy birthday. I think it's best to just text it and avoid direct contact, especially in light of this event.