Yes, the nerve of some people. XW is enlisting her family to help her fight her imaginary battles with you and the girls. She’s still running and not facing her consequences, her pain, her past. Depressed and desperate these lost souls are, and unable to hear the compassionate advice over their blame-filled projections and justifications.
You are a good man Irish. You have done wonderfully raising your girls and leading your life.
Unfortunately, hurt people, hurt people. Rare are those who aspire to follow a great example. Common is the practice of attempting to tear that example down. XW and her entourage fall into the latter category - for the moment.
Keep doing your thing. It is very much good for you. And as begrudgingly as XW would be to admit this, she notices. She see the relationship you have with your girls. Perhaps, someday, she will grow enough to see how to work towards bettering her own relationship with them.
The lighthouse. A stanchion of strengthen and stability, a beacon for those would choose to look and follow. Just shines and keeps doing its thing.
Much respect my friend.
D
Feelings are fleeting. Be better, not bitter. Love the person, forgive the sin.
