My publisher wrote me a scathing email because of the name change thing so I phoned X and read him the email. We got into an argument about how he is always controlling me and he said he was mad because I didn't get 'parental permission' - I said I am the parent. He said he meant him, he is the parent. How the heck can you deal with someone who genuinely doesn't see you as the children's mother?
Anyway, I put the phone down on him in tears but then stopped crying when I noticed that Gabriel was also going through it, and I realised that I am not the only one with an awkward ex and that I was probably being a baby for crying anyway, so I pulled myself together.
X then sent me a text message saying that I always did what I wanted in the marriage and surely it was time for me to try a different approach.
I text him back saying 'we are divorced, I don't have to try anything and I'll be glad when DD4 is grown up and I don't have to put up with you anymore.'
Then I sent him a copy of the scathing email from publisher plus a copy of my reply email to the publisher that I was annoyed with X for being so inconsiderate when he's had 2 years to discuss names with me.
Today I was walking back from Lunch Time, Play Time with DD4 when he sent me another text, saying thank you for the email and that he's going away for the weekend and wants to take DD4. He's visiting OW2, I know as DD1 said, and not only that, I have a trip to the beach booked this weekend and I let X know this about 3 months ago.
I just text back 'I can't help you as we are away too'.
He has not responded. Now here's the funny bit, I've been altering the book till 2am this morning and then again for half the afternoon, just finished it so I was using the browse function to attach the document to send it back to the publisher, when I came across this document of X's.
It was a love poem, written by himself for OW2, on 25th May 05 (only 1 month after he left me again) and in it he refers to her as 'online lover' - now if she was already 'online lover' by then, he must have tried it on with her pretty much straight away after breaking off with me, BUT, I'm not bothered about that because I'm getting to the funny bit.
I read through this declaration of love from him to her and the admission that he was 'lost' until she came along
Guess what the title of his poem was??
Shite.
I'm not kidding. The title of his love poem to OW2 is Shite!!
I convulsed in hysterical laughter for several minutes and now I can breathe again.
