Murphy, its you !

[gzabetas]

Had to go into the old town yesterday for work. Mentioning it to my my wife she asked if I could give her a ride and she would take the kid to the swings. She has no transportation so I did so.

When it was late and I picked them up to return to their home, my 4 year old asked if we could all eat out together like the old days. Oh crap, I thought. To make him happy we all went out. And it was fun.
2 divorced parents being professional partners in raising our kid.

And then I noticed she had some sauce from the sandwich smeared on her face. I told her where it was and it took a while for her to get it. And bang, my stupid human heart kicked in, and we were back to when we first met, and I remembered something similar. I put on my sunglasses as I knew tears were coming.
I knew the robot my ex would feel nothing. I went to the bathroom to recompose.

Anyway the next day of course she rewards me by going out on some date with a guy, while it was my night with the kid. Lesson relearned, Dont get fooled again.

To other LBS spouses, dont lose your heard earned detachment like me.
Right when you think you are detached, our hearts are like teenage girls waiting to be consumed again.