Job, thanks. I think he wants both money and attention.

I think his whole world is coming unglued, and he has decided to remarry . . . . .

He absolutely doesn't get that I don't have to deal with him. It drives him crazy. But he is never nice to me. Never ever. And as for blame, don't go there.

I am discussing the whole matter with a lawyer friend of mine, and also my therapist to see if settling (as you suggested) will really keep him away.

I don't know what he wants - some sort of blessing I think that what he did was OK and that he is really a nice person.