3, you are awesome. Seriously. Just such an inspiration for those of us a little behind you. The blow up doll - I love it. Please do go through with it. It's too funny. The one thing I have tried really hard to maintain during this s.h.i.t.t.y. time is my sense of humor. It is the only thing keeping me from going completely insane. I am betting yours has helped you through as well.
Speaking of which, I thought of you earlier today when I was trying to come up with ideas on what our elf on the shelf will be doing tomorrow. One thought was to cut H's head out of a bunch of family photos and replace it with a picture of the elf's head . . . I thought you might approve.
I'm glad you had such a good day. I bet your kiddos did too. And facing the honest truth about how great or not so great your H is/was is not only important but hey, it's a lot easier to imagine life without him if you're not so enamored with him. I don't want to get back into the habit of looking for the negative in my H, but when he does things that I find offensive or annoying (like playing on his phone during every last second of downtime, and oftentimes in the middle of a conversation with me or an activity with the kids), I do make sure to take note.
I guess at least I will give your H a smidge of credit for checking with you about the party and respecting your wishes with respect to the children seeing OW. And you are correct, you should NOT feel bad!! I find myself doing the same thing, though - constantly protecting my H. I don't know why we do this . . . let me know if you figure this one out.
Hope the rest of your weekend goes as well as today did!
me: 44 XH: 42 M 11 years D10 and S8 Bomb drop 9/27/13 D final 7/1/14
