If I could bottle this... I'd be rich... and I'd certainly keep a majority stock in the company and inventory...
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So as usual, end of weekend means taking kids back to W's...
Considering the pickup on Fri... was interested to see how drop off would work... I was in good spirits and good presentation and not real concerned about things, in general...
I decided I would take care of getting the car I have gifted over from my W to me... that was something I didn't do on Fri... this was right off the hop when I entered the house and dropped D9's stuff in foyer...
W approached me and it appeared she had a bit of an edge on... after thinking about it on the way back home, I figured she just had her guard up...
So I give W the papers to sign on it and chatted up the kids... eldest son of enabler friend was there and he's... an interesting kid... he is friends with D13 of course and FS16... he immediately comes over for a hug and a chat...
I was in awesome, frickin' form... chatting, joking, etc with the kids... W had a question about where to sign the doc and I showed her, she was already opening up and pleasant...
Then W and I had a quick chat about D9, I mentioned the weekend went well, etc... and at that moment... I saw the W I love... she was... I can't say glowing, but she had a shine on that reminded me why... 11 years ago... I decided to pop the question...
She then asked me about the docs which... no guilt here, but I lied and said I didn't look at them this weekend... and she went so far as to indicate that her L, "others", and herself did recommend that I seek counsel on the docs as, "there might be stuff in there that could bite us in the butts, later..." and she offered to pay my legal cost to have the docs reviewed...
She then asked me about my mediation... when it was... what time... then she said she was going to her mediation orientation as well and with complete calm and curiosity, asked why we were going... I shrugged and said I don't know and she responded in kind, that she didn't know... but we both indicated that we were both going...
It was about this time or a touch earlier that she took a glimpse at my wedding band on my finger... did not change her attitude, tone, nor posture one bit...
Finally, as I was about to go she indicated that the "ball is in your court, now"... something that sorta seemed like... where ever this goes from here... and that she simply was trying to make sure that she was all over getting this doc done because she knew I was anxious to get the financials done so that I could get out of my folk's place and settle into my own place for the winter...
And that was about it, had pleasant hugs and goodbyes with everyone, even a "fake man hug" with FS16 (he's... let's just say he's not a hugger at the best of times... so I "air hugged" him... and with a huge smile on my face, I left... and my W was definitely still in a good mood as I left...
*sigh*... if she's wasn't such a nut bag... and for the OMs... bah...
Legislation is that a vehicle can only be gifted between spouses and down one generation to children... the gift doc does not have to state the relation as far as I'm concerned, although it is something that necessary to be noted on the transfer statement... but it was interesting that my W had stated that she was gifting the vehicle "to my husband, KD..."
So...
Weekend closing statements...
If I ever did and felt that I left a convo and physical interaction with W, this would be it... everything went about as perfect as it could... If I never had any further contact with her, this would be the impression I would want left on her...
Mediation orientation on Wednesday... I'll have to go through the draft sep doc and pinpoint items I will contest... and we go from there...
I'm getting a sense that she's not done... but she's certainly... not done in her... "alone time"... either...
