Originally Posted by neffer
I like the empowered mtb version! Keep it growing man!

Thanks, neffer!...


Also, a bit of an interesting update to my sitch...I guess I detached so hard yesterday that it sent detachment shockwaves through town and they shook the W. She showed up at the house last night at about 11:30. I was hanging out listening to records with a buddy, and some friends that were out for the evening sent me a message and wanted to stop by for a visit. These 2 friends both happened to be female. They get to the house, and come in and Friend 1 says, "Hey, your W is outside." I laughed because I thought she was joking. She says, "No. I'm serious. She's just out there sitting in her van." Still thinking she is joking, I go look outside, and sure enough, there's W sitting in the van. I go out there and ask her if she needs something. She asks if I'm having a party. I said, "Not really, buddy and I were just sitting around listening to records and a couple more people wanted to stop by for a bit to say hi." She asks, "Was that Friend 1 I saw go into the house?" I told her it was. Then she asks, "Who was that other girl?" I said, "That's Friend 2. So, did you need something?" She said she stopped by because she needed someone to talk to. The funeral for her friend that got hit by the train was that morning. She looked visibly upset. I told her I was sorry about her friend and how it must be hard for her. She then said she was gonna leave and let me go and asked if she could come by sometime in the next few days to see the kids. I told her that was fine and then she left. When i got back in, I checked my phone and there were 3 missed calls and 3 texts from her in about a 15 minute time span. 1st text - Can you come outside and talk? 2nd text - You're not bringing her around the kids are you? 3rd text - It would be nice if you could respond since we just talked. 1st text was before I went outside. Last 2 were from when she was leaving I guess. Overall, kind of a strange encounter. Although I am glad to say much less volatile than what she usually is like...

Obviously it bothered her that there were a couple women that stopped by the house to say hi. And apparently she thinks I am having some sort of relationship with one of them. I also think it's quite possible that she knew they were stopping by and that was her reason for showing up. The 2 friends were hanging out with a mutual friend that was also going to stop by but ended up not coming along. She is also one of W's friends/flying monkeys that likes to gossip with W and report to her whenever she sees me. My gut tells me that she called W when my friends parted with her to come to my house. They all showed up at roughly the same time. Anyway, it was a strange occurence that I thought I'd make note of...


Me: 38
W:31
Kids: S16(mine from previous R), D10, S9, S4
M: 10 years
T:12 years
BD:Jan 3, 2018
W moved out: Apr 13,2018
Filed for D: Jun 2018
D final: Sep 2019

"Surrender to the Flow"...