1. Got an email from X. We have very little interaction. Lots of information regarding finances - even an admission that divorce has taken its toll on finances. The last paragraph surprised the crap out of me...
I understand why but I hate that our relationship is like this. I still do hope that along the way we can somehow come to an agreement to at least be able to speak to each other amicably in public and have decent conversations, if not for ourselves but for our kids, friends and other relatives, so that they may become more comfortable in the presence of both of us. Thanks you for sharing with me the things you knew when I was calling about son. I do appreciate all the things you have done for me and the kids over the years. I am sorry that I have blamed you for so many things in the past when I now realize that it was my own fault that I was not happy and experiencing the problems that I did…
Hmmmmm.... Not a bad letter to get in and of itself...maybe a start to a better place.
2. My son gets a 17 page letter from XH's brother. Concerned about son's "soul". Basically spent part of the letter explaining why Catholicism is evil.
This ^^^^ drives me NUTS! It's the angry evangelicals who think their energy should be spent on condeming other Christians...go feed the hungry or convert some non-Christians--but oh, btw, start by modelling Christ's behavior,
not the ones who crucified him...good grief...
And they ALWAYS project their ignorance of our faith onto us, telling us what we believe (and I've never heard one of them get it right--saying we "worship" the Pope or that he's the Anti-Christ...yeah real normal thing to say) ETC...
Never in my life have I EVER tried to get someone to BE Catholic but countless times have other "Christians" told me why I don't belong...
Sorry, but that pushed so many buttons in me...@#$%^!!!!!
Then stated that "I know the divorce is hard. I have told your Dad that he is a sinner and that his girlfriend is a sinner. Have tried to get him to read the bible and repent. But he won't do it." Then talks to him about how son has to turn his life around before its too late.
My son sees his uncle once every 2 years. I try very hard to not be judgmental. And I always question myself or second guess myself - "am I the crazy one? is there something wrong with me?" But I feel like my former BIL crossed a boundary.
Anyway - just a very strange day.
He crossed a line big time.
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
