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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 408025" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Ya know, my husband's ex drives me batty. I've known her for YEARS before she was husband's ex, and in the 20+ years I've known her, I've not met one person who actually likes her. She has no friends. Her parents, who have lived in this little town for 40+ years, had to call <em>us</em> for water when their well was down...<em>they</em> have no other friends. That's how sad these people's lives are.</p><p> </p><p>That said...when husband and I started dating, she called my mother, my ex-mother in law, and husband's cousin trying to manipulate them into breaking us off. She still pulls the random attempt if she thinks she can get a sting in. I have been the one that encourages open-ness between us all, and that shut her down as much as anything. I always make a point to invite her to cgfg's stuff that cgfg does with us...and mama NEVER comes. And when something embarrassing happens here (like the cps thing we had), I make as light of it as I can, and tell a lot of people, and then she has nothing on us. It wasn't comfortable to do this stuff at first, but it has made things easier.</p><p> </p><p>DEX is always invited to things for Wee, too. And to difficult child 1's party this summer. On very rare occassions, he shows up. Its very weird when he's here, but if folks know you're not hiding anything, and he was invited to your house for something involving the kids, they put a lot less emphasis on his stories of how awful you are when those start spilling out (and believe me, they do...) Again, its awkward as all get out...but its worked well for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 408025, member: 1848"] Ya know, my husband's ex drives me batty. I've known her for YEARS before she was husband's ex, and in the 20+ years I've known her, I've not met one person who actually likes her. She has no friends. Her parents, who have lived in this little town for 40+ years, had to call [I]us[/I] for water when their well was down...[I]they[/I] have no other friends. That's how sad these people's lives are. That said...when husband and I started dating, she called my mother, my ex-mother in law, and husband's cousin trying to manipulate them into breaking us off. She still pulls the random attempt if she thinks she can get a sting in. I have been the one that encourages open-ness between us all, and that shut her down as much as anything. I always make a point to invite her to cgfg's stuff that cgfg does with us...and mama NEVER comes. And when something embarrassing happens here (like the cps thing we had), I make as light of it as I can, and tell a lot of people, and then she has nothing on us. It wasn't comfortable to do this stuff at first, but it has made things easier. DEX is always invited to things for Wee, too. And to difficult child 1's party this summer. On very rare occassions, he shows up. Its very weird when he's here, but if folks know you're not hiding anything, and he was invited to your house for something involving the kids, they put a lot less emphasis on his stories of how awful you are when those start spilling out (and believe me, they do...) Again, its awkward as all get out...but its worked well for me. [/QUOTE]
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