OK, Just recording some classic MLC so that others can see how scripted this process is.
XH rang me twice yesterday - after months of no contact. I didn't answer either call. I was busy.
It was his birthday the next day.
He also called the kids yesterday - after previously hanging up in a high snit on them and refusing contact for about a week.
No mention of the fight he was having with them (he gave S15 a watch for his birthday. S15 already has a watch, however, which XH had forgotten about. He offered to return the watch and give S15 the money. Took the watch and then engineered a fight with S15 and refused to give him the cash. Lied to him about the price of the watch ("It cost $87 on ebay" - when it was patently bought at a prestigious department store (in its signature wrapping). It cost $270).
But I digress... Today, his birthday, I wake up to an email from him.
It's a piece from The Onion - he ALWAYS sent me bits from this that tickled his fancy (and played to our shared understanding of stuff) when we were together. Haven't had one from him for well over a year now.
No accompanying message from him, just a cut and paste and a link to the site.
I had been feeling guilty about not even recognising his bday. And now this.
I'm tempted to say 'master manipulator', but that's really putting too much effort into interpreting his action. Just observing these days.
