2 years later it's still not getting easier

[JMC]

Ya, it's their lack of sensitivity and/or selfishness that drives what they do.

Yep - midlife crisis, narcissism..who knows. Bottom line, my ex had a dysfunctional childhood that lacked love (angry father who was a functional alcoholic, mother who died while my ex was 17 & pregnant, father died a few years later). I have simply come to believe that dysfunctional childhoods more often than not lead to dysfunctional adulthoods.

I agree that we LBS have to suck it up and do a lot of things for our kids. Hope you had a great time at the Raptors game.

On a side note, one of my best friends is from Toronto and several years ago we spent some time at his parent’s cabin on Lake Muskoka - beautiful!