Yes, Ellie. You are right. And, I have no intention of any of that any time soon. He needs some serious alone time. And IF he wanted me... it would be a lot of work. Then I would consider it. I'm not there yet.

But, I guess what is so hard is that I do love him and it is so natural when we are together lately, because he is so much more himself. So I guess, especially with him next door, and us pulling together for the kids, the holiday, yadda... I just don't know that we can have even that "friendship" which is so natural for us, and then- BAM! Deal with that. It just may be too close for comfort even before all that.

I just can't be his friend with her in his life. So this is really difficult.