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I feel much better now. The kids wanted to stay at my parents house. Which worked out well because I needed to get D4 a birthday gift. I'm taking her and S9 to the aquarium tomorrow for a "daddy's private b-day party for d4" party.

I decided last week that I can't do the big party with the STBX. There is one friend of hers that as really been encouraging the A. This year I feel more comfortable removing myself from the situation. I don't think I'll keep separate parties going forward. I like seeing the kids have fun with friends. I also don't like that I'm allowing myself to miss time with my kids because of people that have no value to me. Maybe next weekend I'll feel differently. Tomorrow we will have fun.

It also feel better after talking to SIL and BIL. I was so sure that they had taken her side. It was nice to see that they did not. SIL and STBX are very close and I completely understand that she will support STBX. It was just nice to hear that she didn't agree with how STBX is handling this. My kids love their aunt and uncle and their cousins. I feel much better about my kids spending time there.

It was funny to her SIL talk about how STBX and MIL are both acting crazy. STBX's father died five years ago and since then MIL has been acting crazy. Joining dating sites, going on cruises with guys she just met. She even married a guy after dating him for a short time in Oct. and filed for divorce from him last month. The time MIL married this guy is the same time STBX started her A. MLC trigger maybe?

Thanks for the support. I feel better. I still don't know how I'm going to deal with everything on my own. Selling this house, kids, work, and getting STBX junk out of here. I haven't even though about what to say when she wants to come back to the house and get her stuff.