I gave it some thought and I did respond to his email. I need to put the brakes on some of this communication. He acts one way with me and another away from me. I really prefer at this time that we keep most communication through L's. It is necessary for me to continue to heal and move forward. I expressed this to him, and said emails re: kids and finances are still ok (for now).
Graduation was nice, and we did have a moment that we bumped into him and his parents on the field for pictures. His mother made a few very inappropriate comments in front of my children and I finally had no choice but to respond.
The comment that was the final straw for me was to the boys directly "have a nice summer, don't know when I will see you again"
She lives 10 minutes from me. I said "well I certainly hope you intend to see them plenty over the summer".
I put it right back on her, that is BS. She may be able to bully and manipulate STBX but I will not have it, especially when my boys are involved.
Whew, that felt good
I had every intention of letting STBX take the boys to dinner afterward, but he scurried out of there so fast and never said goodbye to S18. Gave a quick goodbye to S15, no handshake or hug. Just ran out.
So my mom and I took the boys to dinner. After dinner, about 20 of S18's friends came over to sit in the backyard. I lit a fire in the firepit and let them hang out for a bit. It was so nice, and the boys thanked me repeatedly.
