Mr. Boyfriend's wife has decided to renew her membership. What membership do I mean? The neurotic ex-wife club membership. If you're an ex-wife you know what I'm talking about. I'm a member of that club. Trying to relinquish my membership.
Sorry if I offend. I dont mean to do that. This is meant to be a light-hearted blog.
She is a nice woman. Loves her children. Hates her ex. Sounds like a normal ex-wife, right?
Something is happening now. I think she's been listening to her family and her friends lately so instead of thinking for herself she's thinking like others want her to think. I can say this because I am seeing the change right before my very eyes and because even though I hate to admit it, I have been there.
All of a sudden she's complaining about the way we treat the kids, the food we give them, the places we go to with them, the shows they watch on TV, the way the kids are misbehaving when they are with her, etc. All this is Mr. Boyfriend's fault. If he had not walked out on the marriage then this wouldn't be happening. She also told him that she knows the kids love me more than they love her and that HIS fault.
They've been divorced for years. She goes through these periods of being completely insane to being completely normal. She had a period of calling me all the time to yell at me, left messages on my answering machine, made it a point to run into me at the store, the club, etc.
I have said many times before, I don't get involved with her. That's his business to deal with her. I only get involved when it starts affecting our household. I get the feeling it's going there.
Have you been part of the Neurotic Ex-Wife Club? Are you willing to admit it? What do you do about it? Do you think one day you'll give up your membership?