So, a mix-up today about who was picking up S14 from school.

I rang stbx to clarify when he informed D17 that he wasn't allowed to pick up S14. He spewed venom: It was all my fault.

I told him there was mail for him to collect and when he eventually dropped S14 off, he came in wearing a large new shiny sliver wedding ring on his non-wedding-hand ring finger.

He is a man who has never worn jewellery in his life and who didn't want to wear a wedding ring when we married - cause it just wasn't him. We tried them on but he said he just wasn't the ring-wearing type.

OW wears chunky sliver jewellery.

My heart skipped a beat, I must say, so i'm not completely detached. I felt this was cruel. Or ridiculous, like teenagers.

I feel like they are trying to rub my nose in it. OW is so keen to show ownership (FB profile pic, hanging all over stbx at our local cafe, driving our family car to our local shopping centre).

What sort of people do this? He is still married and has 2 children....

I hope her desperation works it's inevitable magic on him.

I wish I could overcome the residual sadness I feel.
He is not coming back, that is obvious.

I think they will probably marry as soon as they can after D is granted. Presumably this is why he was so keen for the hearing date in early April - they had the rings and were rearing to go.

And then I went and mucked up their plans by taking the judge's advice to adjourn the hearing until some arrangements had been made to make him pay child support.

Got a crippling L's bill today too. Don't know how one is supposed to access justice when the issue is having all one's money taken.

I'm sad and down today.