The pretrial conference took all of us (me, Mr. A, and Mr. A's lawyer) by surprise, which is why I didn't bother to become "informed" before tomorrow.
I got a notice in the mail that I was supposed to be in court on 5/12 for the pretrial conference. It also said I was supposed to have a whole bunch of paperwork filled out.
I called Mr. A to see if he had gotten that notice and he said no.
Then I went to the free legal service I've been using and they told me that it would be me and the lawyer at this conference - Mr. A's attendance was not necessary. I thought for sure he would opt out. The free legal service also told me that I didn't have to do any paperwork beforehand.
Anyway, I got to court on the appointed day, and lo an behold, WH was there. I said, I didn't expect to see you here! He said, I was told I should be here.
So I heard L tell WH the following: Your W and I need to meet with the judicial attorney. Just wait here for me. I'll tell you what happens.
So L and I were planning to go into the judicial attorney which we did. Then she (the JA) asked if she had seen my WH in the hall. Yes. She said, I have three chairs, bring him in.
So then we had an hour-long talk, after which we were directed to go to the mediation center down the block and put our names on the list for mediation, which we did.
In the meantime, everything was all fuched up. I held myself together (emotionally) until Mr. A's stupidass lawyer went on a diatribe of speculation about why *HE* thinks that Mr. A and I couldn't make it work, all during which Mr. A was rolling his eyes.
Then the L took a personal call from his W and announced to the room that they're expecting their second baby.
I choked out a congrats, but I couldn't help but start crying at that point. Why would he say that? All I want is my H and a little bundle of joy, and he brings *THAT* up *THEN*?
So the lawyer went from my "neutral" list to my "dislike" list real quick.
I'm not looking forward to seeing that [[person]] tomorrow!!!!
