I spent today trying to finish financial paperwork for my lawyers. I would much rather have watched the game (even with the eventual outcome). Out of necessity, I stayed in my bedroom with the laptop and all my papers trying to find all the remaining information.
STBXW stayed in the living room with the big screen tv. She is a big football fan, and had her Colts jersey on. I was a little sad not to be sharing the game with her, and then sadder still to realize that I had not shared enough games with her in the past.
Then, as my frustration with the paperwork set in, I wondered if she had done any of this paperwork with her lawyers, and here I am redoing all of it, or worse doing it for her.
My most petty side came out when the Colts started to lose, and I found myself silently pulling for the Saints to defeat the Colts....and my W. Five minutes before the end of the game, she stormed upstairs, announced to the entire house that she was "done with this", and retreated to her room. I could hear her furiously facebooking away.
She should be better than this. Saturday, I was supposed to take D17 shopping for a prom dress. It was my turn this year. W intervened, and asked D17 herself. It ticked me off, but I took my time to think it over, and it was simply more important for D17 to spend the time with her mom. I could see that D17 wanted to try to mend some fences, and this was her chance. STBXW is going to a "triathlon" out of town on prom day (very weird!), so this was really her only chance to do prom stuff with D17.
I'm trying to do what is best for my kids, and save myself at the same time. I'm still worried about W, but I have to just let her go.
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