Busting this Divorce - 90 Days NC #6

[HPoirot]

So I did not hear from W all day yesterday. In the evening... I had S12 call his mom to say goodnight. She then texted me to ask if she could take him to school in the morning. I immediately answered "Hello W. Sure." She thanked me in her reply.

This morning, I reminded S12 to be nice and respectful to his mom as he left. No problem.

Later, I get a call from W. I answered. Looking back on it, I sounded just even... no so upbeat. She sounded tired.

She mentioned that I'm taking s12 to basketball practice tonight. She said she could show up and asked if she and I could go somewhere and talk during practice. I asked what about. She said about money, S12, and stuff in general. I said I'd prefer to watch the practice. Repeated she could send me an email with what she wanted to talk about and I'd get back to her. She started to say something else. I told her I was busy and was there anything else. She said no. I said OK talk to you later and I hung up.

PERFECT -- great job!!!


Starsky

Thank you so much Starsky. I'll stay on this track then... showing respect for myself and my "while in A then I'm not your buddy" boundary while still being responsive, polite, and non-punitive/childish.

She did sound irritated by the end of the call. Again like she expects me to speak with her. She did say it meant a lot to her the last time I listened to her talk.

Looks like I'll be responding to her like this for months then?

Or will she give up trying to get me to talk and be friends?