He stopped by to say hello to my mother who is visiting from the states and he hadn't seen S since he'd gotten back from the states. He was also picking up some stuff that S had gotten him from the S.

We are friends in that we're friendly. The last time he "visited" it was just to talk about divorce proceedings. We don't hang out, but we do trade friendly texts every now and then. I think I explained this before.

I apologised to him about the whole silent treatment he got two weeks ago from his GF when he did me a favour. He then said yeah well she's got something else to be mad at me about and started talking about some financial stuff she's doing.

He has always put her in a bad light. I've mentioned this on my previous threads. I think it's his guilt. he's said before "oh I didn't want to go into her good qualities and hurt you" But on the good side he's said that they are a lot alike, and she's a lot like this girl he had a crush on pre-me....I was her total opposite. LOL He's always said I'm more fun and prettier than her. Rather than it getting my expectations up it sort of had the opposite affect. I began to see it as a sign of his integrity that he would talk badly to his STXW about his GF. That's not the sort of BF I'd want.

I should point out he wasn't looking to me advice it kind of came up in convo I guess. I offered no opinion or comment. I made one snarky joke about how I guess she's used to men with money problems. And he was laughing about how badly she'd been taken advantage of by the exBF (again not a good trait)

Rick...women are surprisingly easy be available, honest, and open. If they don't like you after that...then move on.
Men are riddles!