Ribcage hurts. Apparently one of the most painful places as it is so near the bone. I was suppose to get two tattoos done but after the first one I chickened out and said I'd come back in a week for the other one.
I spoke to my MIL yesterday. It's been a long time and I wanted to tell her I had filed. I know the general advice here is not to talk to relatives but I wanted to give her a heads up. When H is served, he will rage and she, well apart from his GF, is the one he will rage at. She asked if I was telling her so that she could pass the info to H, and I told her no, I just want you to hear my side before he goes into one. I said there were no hard feelings, it is just time. I told her that I was sorry it had turned out this way, that the drifting apart with her and her family over the last two years was natural and that I understood that it was because they felt awkward around me. It was a good talk.
She did say that the GF is the same girl I ran into way back in Oct of 2018 on that fateful night out. She says they have been seeing each other all this time but she only found out about her shortly before I did. I am not sure how true this is. He was on dating sites in June of last year and he was seeing the teachers assistant around Nov 18 to Jan 19. So, my guess is they broke up soon after I ran into him and got back together late last year. I suspect he didn't mention this to his mum it has been going on for so long because she has always made a big point of not introducing the children to anyone "until we were serious about them". In any case, it doesn't make much odds. Irrespective, he has kept her hidden for a long time (either 2 years or 1 year) and she must be really into him if she was happy to take the scraps of time left free after his work and looking after his children.
I remember her a little. She looks a little me - a younger, plainer slightly chubby version of me. She was timid and not particularly memorable. The kind of girl you would walk past in a supermarket and not look twice at. Not because she's not attractive, just because she was "blah". I am not tooting my own horn, but I AM attractive. I stand out in a crowd. Perhaps he was looking for a version of me who was a little less like me ??? A poor mans replica.
