Roller Coaster does continue. Great day at home with the family yesterday. Grilled steaks, watched football. Standard American Sunday afternoon. Strangely enough W decided she was interested in the games that me and the boys were watching. Asking questions and acting like she was interested. It's been years since she showed any interest in sports on TV. Used to be something that we enjoyed a lot. That was the ups for the day.
Down of the ride was when W and S12 have an argument and somehow I wind up being the one that gets the venom spit at me. W says to me that she is always the B#@ch with him and he just loves Daddy because he plays ball with him all the time. Spits venom at me because I have gone to great lengths to try to improve my relationship with both my sons since this crazy ride began.
I used my best DB techniques and exercised control. A situation that would have been a fight in the past became me being understanding and telling her I was sorry that it seemed that way to her. I also had a nice talk with S12 about being nicer to Mom because her feelings were hurt. My supportive nature caught her off guard as she anticipated a fight. She just retreated and really didn't know what to do.
So as I see it, one of W's greatest complaints during the Bomb dropping was that she was like a single mother and I was never there and was very distant from our kids. Now that I have realized my mistake and have taken initiative to correct this situation W resents it because my boys love me being around and involved. Lose/Lose. Guess that's the story of LBS in this roller coaster that is the MLC.
Both 40 T-22 M-18 S13 S11
Bomb, ILYBINILWY-7/10/13 EA #1-confirmed 7/10/13, ongoing since 5/13 EA #2-9/13/13
