Is this cake eating? 15

[NLW]

OK, Here we go again.
It's Thursday night and XH rang today to ask if the kids - and I - would go out to dinner.

He drove us to some weird out-the-way workers' pub.

He asked me what I wanted to drink (i asked for a beer - the same drink I've ordered for the last 18 years), then he asked the kids (coke and lemonade). Then he asked me again as if he'd not asked me 30 secs before.

Weird boastful stuff and lots of inconsistency all night.
Massive spending (wanted to order a $45 burger for our son). Insisted on taking us to another restaurant for dessert after we'd eaten.

And, just like last week, as he was driving us home, asked if we could do it again next Thursday.
This time he asked each kid to confirm, then he asked me. So no doubt that I am invited.
Called me by my pet name during the evening, too.

I think this is his 'fix'. Thinks he can get by masquerading as a family for one night a week.

Awkward but trying to follow the DB philosophy of establishing a non-threatening friendship.

How strange.

As last week, I've eaten so much and drank so much I feel sick. Or maybe that's not why.