Last night I got a hint of the principle that 'not everything is necessarily as happy as it seems' in relation to XH and his life with OW.
My football team won the semi-final unexpectedly - they were massive underdogs.
Kids and I were watching the telecast and riding every kick.
Context is that I consult for the team and have done for years. XH was also heavily involved with the team as a life-long supporter and in terms of business. We used to attend every game and travelled to every final together, no matter what.
It's the sort of thing that is tribal where I come from. A two-team town and identity is everything.
I was over-joyed with the result and so excited. I was getting calls and texts from friends and work-mates and thought... damn it, love of team is bigger even than divorce.
I rang XH to say 'Did you see that !!!'
He answered my call, Sounded like he had a really heavy cold, but I know he doesn't.
"No", he said; he hadn't watched the game. (I was amazed) I blurted the score.
He was silent, but didn't hang up.
I talked a little about some of the 'magic moments'.
He replied but sounded strangled and odd.
Then I heard 'EFF OFF" screeched by a harpy voice into the phone and the line went dead. It was OW.
Oh happy days... not. So glad that I'm no longer the one screaming and abusing people.
It then hit me that his voice sounded like someone whose nose was full of snot from crying.
Regardless, things are not as rosy as i imagined for him. I'm very glad that OW is starting to show her true colours. And given that XH is so attuned to 'rudeness', i wonder what he makes of her behaviour?
