Hey all!
As a lot of you know, the love in my life is celticangel. She's a VERY close second after my 10-year old daughter, whom I had with my (soon to be... I HOPE!) ex-wife.
My ex and I split up over 2 years ago, since when I have looked after my daughter when I "had" to, e.g. my ex was working etc., AND pretty much when I
wanted to, i.e. most weekends I'm not working. (Which is most of them!!)
OK.....so far, so good! Right, so six months or so ago, my ex meets this guy.... things move along, and 2-3 days before Xmas, they get engaged. Fine, I think; she happy, and I'm glad for her! Last week she says, instead of visiting "R" at the house, cos the b/f is feeling uncomfortable, could I take her out somewhere - I say "OK", no problem.
The crux.... took R home tonight, and say to my ex I wanted to come and see R tomorrow after work, was that OK? She says, "She'll be at my mothers, and we've arranged for Dave (the b/f) to collect her" in a tone that said 'and I'm NOT changing it, either!', this DESPITE me being on back-shift Tues/Weds, and CAN'T get over to see R!! THEN she says.... "you can't just wander in whenever you want, to see R..... there's someone else's feelings to consider now!" meaning, the boyfriend! WTF???
OK, now, I think I'm a fairly easy-going kinda guy, but when things were tough for HER, who was there? Who was the one who gave up nights with CA to sleep over, JUST so SHE could go out on the piss? Loads of similar type of things like that, and NOW, just cos HE'S moved in, it seems like all of a sudden Dad is "in the way"!!
Well, the whole thing REALLY pissed me off (perhaps unreasonably so, I'm too close to be objective about all this) and I didn't handle things AT ALL well. To the point where I think I left 2-300 miles worth of tyre on the road when I left!!
OK....... that's it....... sorry for boring y'all, (if you GOT this far, LOL!), but after talking with CA, and now here, I feel a bit better!!
Feel free to "have a go", if you think it's warranted!
DM
A Rant about EXES!
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