Hello again. Things have been going well. I've been dating for 8 months or so and it is great. We are taking things slowly.
STBXW has started to make progress with her family. They talked and stated they want a relationship but family has no interest in accepting OM into their lives, so that has not changed.
I reached out to say happy thanksgiving and ended up texting her for a few hours. She does not miss me because I havent changed and (according to her) my behaviors have been worse. Strange, in that we have not spoken in 7 months. She wants to meet with me to discuss the children, as the oldest is finally expressing her feelings about this. It took her over a year but grades suddenly slipped and she has been a mess. The kids have been in counseling for a year, so I will bring this up to the counselor.
Strange thing about her wanting to meet is that it "must be face to face so she can look me in the eye." She does not want it via text, email or a phone call. Last time this happened was 6 months ago and it was full of tears and manipulation. I told her out of respect for my relationship I can make a phone call. I was told to grow a sack and I should not have to answer to anybody. It is clearly manipulation but question is, why would she insist on doing this in person and not by other means? I don't even like seeing her when we drop off the kids to each other.
