Hey guys, Just felt the need to get something out of my system.
It's Easter and XMIL has asked the kids and me over for lunch (like we always did as a family).
We haven't seen or heard from them for months.
Likewise XH - who has gone NC since he announced to S15 that he was getting married.
I'm dreading going to visit Xparents-in-law. I keep running through what I'm going to say when they ask questions.
Like: What have you been doing over Easter break?
Oh, just the usual. Washing, ironing, cleaning, gardening, repairing, shopping for food, driving S15 and D18 all over town, falling down dead from fatigue...
Have you seen XH? No, we don't frequent the sorts of places he goes to on a daily basis - the cafes, restaurants, bars, expensive shops.... Plus I believe he's been on numerous holidays overseas and interstate again and so he's rarely here.
How are your (elderly and frail) parents, NLW.
Depressed and ill as well as broken, financially, by your son, who stole their life savings.
Why hasn't D18 got her drivers' licence yet? Because she is depressed to the point that she can't act or make a decision. She has been lumped with a wreck of an old car by her father, and she is unable to pay to get it moved out of our driveway.
Why is she so angry? Because she has been abandoned financially by her father and has had to pay for her own education, clothes, lifestyle on the back of doing 6 hours work a week as a casual checkout operator.
And, to top it all off.. Here are your easter eggs, NLW. Thank you. Sorry that I can't give you any in return. But you know that i have been left with massive debts and that your son does not pay child support.. so I don't have enough even to buy food for your grandchildren, let alone chocolate for you.
So, got that out of my system, I hope. I suppose i will just smile and avoid and act like everything is just great for the kids and me.
I can't get over the feeling that XH is getting away with everything. His parents seem content to act as if we've just had a 'normal' marriage breakdown and divorce, and that he's just moved on with a new relationship.
I know that people will tell me that the truth will out, without the need for me to divulge the dirty details.... it's just a feeling of unfairness that I have to work out of my system by venting here.
In case it sounds like i'm focusing purely on XH... we have really been relishing this time of NC from him and putting him out of our thoughts. The contact from his parents has brought it all back up... I would rather not see them, but that's not good for the kids. They have said that they don't want to go on their own.
