I guess I should clarify that I'm not really trying to "reel her in" on household/family tasks. That's on her, and I've done really well at having no expectations of her and thus little resentment in that area. It's more the cake eating aspect, that she can just come and go willy nilly and know that I will handle everything. What's crazy is that she doesn't even acknowledge the imbalance at all. Like she thinks this is just normal. Having one of those days where I just want to tell her to **** or get off the pot.
Had an amazing day w the kids. Got a necessary nap in while baby napped. Ate a great lunch and spent the day outside w the kids. Hung with Ws BFF again. We ended up having a longish convo about everything, where I reiterated that I'm putting in work for myself and boys and basically factoring her out. It's good to talk to her in small doses, as she is literally the only one with an open (ish) line to W right now, and I admit that I'm demonstrating my 180s/GAL to her pretty overtly, as I know she will relay that to W. She still struggles, as everyone seems to, with how to approach any of this with her. W is in a steel bubble.
She texted me while I was out that we needed to discuss picking up supplies for our Halloween gathering on Friday. I said I would pick up whatever we needed. "I thought money was tight?" Was her reply, referring to me not giving her much gas money today of course. Unbelievable entitlement at work here. I replied that I'm happy to make it work, didnt take the bait at all.
M: 33 W: 33 M: 9 T: 10 3 S's: 8, 6 and 1.5 BD: 8/3/14 Living together