Take Two ...

[Train]

UGH!!!! I HATE this crap. Hate it. Hate it. HATE it!!!!

H usually calls the little kids every night. (He avoids me and my daughters, his stepdaughters - 16 & 17 - who he's raised since they were 4 & 5.)

He missed calling the "babies" one night last week. I didn't say a word. He missed last night. I didn't say a word. (He texted me at lunch "just because" today; it was a pleasant exchange, detailed in an earlier post, which is still in moderation, I believe.) He didn't call tonight, either. But he texted after 10, freaking out because he lost track of time. He said: "Hey! Calling S7 at least. Had no idea what time it is ..." (I'm sure he's working, but who's to say he isn't with OW, right?!??)

1.5 hours later, I texted back: "Hey. Kids and I had an impromptu snuggly movie night, watching Frozen. Didn't have my phone on me. They're sacked."

I knew this would bother him. I also know he needs, as sh said, to FEEL what he's left. It was the truth, though. I know he misses our time together as a family. It was always one of his favorite things to snuggle together on the couch as a family and watch a movie. It was one of OUR favorite things.

Sure enough, he just wrote back: "K"

I wrote: "Trying to keep my phone on me until 9:30ish in case you call." (Setting a boundary.)

And, again, he wrote: "K."

He's ticked.

Yay. (I say that sarcastically.) Can't wait to see how he "pays me back." (I say that sarcastically, too.)

This crap seems so backwards sometimes.