I know it must be frustrating to live in your parents home still and want space of your own. I know you are a successful professional but the truth is, unless you are rich, to it is almost impossible to live on one income in your region. I barely make it.
You should be mad that he is asking you take son on his time. How sad for him he cannot take care of his own son without his mother's help. Your ex is a child. He never grew up. He still needs to be coddled. I hope you said no to New Years eve. he needs to figure it out. You need your time to yourself to reenergize.
I would try to turn that anger into pity. He's not a man, he's a child who's enabled by his mother. Friggin sad.
Yes, we can still appreciate what we DO have, while still feeling the loss of what we don't have.
I also feel nothing is a waste of life. Like you said, you had your son, you built a career, you grew, he did not. You didn't waste your life. Shed as much of the crappiness of the past that you can. Move forward with the good stuff you got going on in the present and the future.
