Bustorama- Thread #2

[bustorama]

Went spinning in AM. W met met me there. She called me en route saying she was running late and was I in the bike room yet. I said I was that I'd reserve a bike for her. W arrives and notices I am wearing ring (I was wearing it all day the day before but I guess she didnt notice).

W: You put your ring back on?
M: Yeah.
W: Why did you do that?
M: I meant what I said before about our past relationship being unhealthy for both of us. I decided that it was the right thing for me to wear my ring. It's what I've decided to do.
W: Well, I'm not going to put my rings back on.
M (smiling) : That's fine. I didn't ask you to.

Spin class went pretty well, though I was dragging a bit at end from remnants of cold and not running since previous Monday. The instructor SHUSHED W and me early in class for talking too much (glaring at us) 3RD ROW!!! STOP TALKING!!! (W was telling me about a movie).

Afterwards, get Ds from gym daycare. W takes them to swim lessons. I go change shirts, run errand, then meet them later at swim lessons. W almost seems her 'old' self. We go to halloween carnival/fair place next door with kids after lessons and do rides/jumpies sort of stuff. Ds have a great time. W having minor issues managing her emotions when Ds misbehave at all, but has fun.

At some point while we are there, W comments that it is our D2's first time there. I say, yeah now that I think about it, it's my first time too. This is really fun, I wish I had come before when y'all came here previous years. Later while we are watching Ds ride trains and commenting about how cute they look, W suddenly turns to me looking all sad, almost tearful, and says how she felt abandoned by me after D2 was born. How I wasn't there for her and she felt all alone with the Ds. I tell her I am sorry she felt abandoned then and sorry she is still hurting now. I ask her if there is something I can do to help, something she wants me to do? She says, No, just be a good dad to the girls.

Afterwards, I drop myself off at my car and run some more errands. Go back to W's place to prepare for trick or treating. W was being a diva spending all kinds of time getting ready and wanting tons of pics taken of her in all kinds of permutations with girls (literally 100, I think). At some point I put the camera down to help one of Ds with costume adjustment and she just went right on self-portraiting over and over and over. She even did it on way home from trick or treating. Said she was trying to get the perfect pic for her facebook profile. So unattractive.

W also complained about Ds being unruly during costume prep and complained about trouble coordinating meeting up with neighbor family to go trick or treating. She texted neighbor friend and ranted how neighbor friend hadn't responded despite earlier plans. Said neighbor friend was flake and impulsive and '$hitty like that, she pi$$ed her off.' So we go trick or treating ourselves, run into neighbor family on our way to new area in car. I pull over and say hi. Tell them to give us text when they get to where we are going so we can hook up. So we go to new area and W is complaining that they havent contacted us. After finishing trick or treating we get back to car and find that W has left her phone in car and that neighbor friend had been calling and texting us the whole time. W says angrily, well it serves them right for not responding to my first text. (All the Negativity was SO unattractive).

On the bright side, the Ds seemed to have a good time, and I had fun too. When W wasnt complaining about things, she seemed fine. She wasnt complaining about me for a change. At one point commented that she was happy we had been getting along well and didn't fight.