So my XW brought her mother and neice to the USA for a stay of 3 weeks. The day my X MIL arrived, she gave me a nice shirt, short pants and a very beautiful 24K gold pot/flower emblem encased in glass.
Today I went to my daughters school for a going away party for her student teacher and my X MIL was there. I gave her some pants of mine to hem and fix the zipper on as she is great at making and fixing clothes, plus, XW says she has nothing to do at her house. Also, X MIL wants to take me out and buy me lunch tomorrow. That should be interesting as she speaks only a few words of english and my Thai is not good enough for conversation. I will try to print out some pictures of the kids for her that I have taken since the divorce.
I am (and was) pretty lucky on having a great mother in law. And I realize that she too must miss me. I guess the moral of the story is to get past the divorce and old relationships dont have to end.
XW and I get along great coparenting also. I had a nice talk yesterday on routines each of us do with the kids when we have them. It sounds like she is a bit more strict on their routines and responsibilities. I may follow her lead as there are times I think the kids take advantage of me a bit too much and get a bit lazy because they know that dad will take care of it.
