Met with STBXW yesterday for her b.day dinner. It was my idea to suggest that we cut the cake for DD together. Here's my notes copy/paste from FB:
"Just got back from dinner. She had chosen one of our usual mexican food chains at a big mall. I picked DD up from school, went to the park to let her play for a bit, then we picked up a cake and candles then met STBXW at the restaurant. Overall it went well, we didn't talk about R, just other random 'stuff'.
After dinner we blew the candles and ate the cake etc. I asked if she was excited about her biking trip out of town (I hope she doesn't hookup with anyone :() - she said yes and that she was also nervous because it's a 100 mile ride. I told her she could totally do it, she's really good at it and we talked a bit more about it. I asked her if she found a job, she said no and that she feels like a loser. I told her no, she shouldn't think that way there are just too many people and too few jobs right now...i've always said that to her. Then I asked her if she needs money she kinda shrugged her shoulders and said 'i think I'm ok...' I told her to just ask if she needs money I don't want her to suffer. Then I handed her a renewal bill for COSTCO membership and asked if she wanted me to pay for it. She played dumb like she didn't know what I was saying but finally she said 'if you want to...' I told her that was fine and I took it back. She wasn't really dressed up but she still looked lovely. She just turned 38 and I noticed a couple of slight wrinkles emerging on her face (no makeup) and I wondered how I still love that face, even more than before. We were there for about an hr then as the conversation started slowing up I got up to go. She didn't offer a hug nor did I try, I just held DD's hand said "bye" and started walking away after she gave DD a hug - I heard her say 'thanks...bye' as she got in her car."
Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6 Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks Aug 2006, left again Apr 2007, filed for divorce Dec 2007, reunited Mar 2010, moved out, filed again