Posted by lin on April 25, 1999 at 00:37:36:
In Reply to: Update posted by Jake on April 23, 1999 at 11:51:24:
It's nice to know that I wasn't the only one who had a total lack of
judgement. My ex was just like that, only her kids were all grown up (she was 45)
and they were more or less carbon copies of her.
She was too old to have kids, but she tried to convince me otherwise...
But anyway, that's all over now. I haven't even seen her since the divorce hearing.(TG!!!)
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: Well, took my daughter to see her counselor last night then
: took her to my parent's house to finish a school project before
: taking her home. About 8:45, helpless (aka my wife) calls
: all upset, saying she can hardly breathe and her teenage daughter
: is on the way home to take her to the hospital. So we
: head to the hospital. The problem I described yesterday is tachacardia
: (spelling?), or a too rapid resting pulse. Hard to believe, a total
: couch potato and pack-a-day smoker who eats nothing but fatty foods
: could have such a problem, huh (she's 38).
: So we get the the ER, and there's my inlaws and stepdaughter. I have spent
: so much time in hospital ERs over the years for silly crap like menstral
: cramps, it's hard to get too worked up about it anymore. I mean, really, I
: bet she averages about two trips a year to the ER, guess it's what we did
: in lieu of family vacations. She loves all the attention and milks the least
: little ailment for all it's worth. I know it sounds callous, this may have been
: a legitimate life-threatening problem, but like I said, been there so many times
: for silly crap I can't get excited about it.
: My daughter wanted to stay at the hospital at first, but when she realized I would
: be staying the night with her at home, she was ready to go. We left mother-in-law
: whining about how long it was taking. I could barely hide a grin, I felt like saying
: "welcome to it, dumb-ass, this is what I've been doing the last 13 years!" It really
: felt good, like the torch had finally been passed back to her parents. I mean, her mental
: illnesses usually have their onset in the teenage years. She was 25 when we met & about to
: move in with her parents, so they probably had a good idea what she was like and were glad
: to unload her on me. She managed to conceal all of the dysfunctional behaviors just long enough
: to get the know tied. Really, it was starting to show before we got married, and if I had just
: put it off another month or two, it never would have happend. I'm such a dumb-ass!
: Anyway, I took my daughter home and slept on the couch last night. My wife got home about an
: hour and a half later, she's OK.
: The house is such a pig-stye, it's no wonder my daughter's asthma is so bad right now, she
: coughed & wheezed all night. It smells like cat urine. I thought about taking off today
: and cleaning it up, but don't want dumbshit or her mother to get the idea I'm going to go
: on being her caretaker. She's supposed to move out next weekend, and I'll have my work
: cut out for me when I get back in there. She wants both the cats, and I want them out of
: the house, but she's complaining about the pet deposit at the apartment, trying to get me
: to volunteer to pay it. She can damn well pay for it with the money she gets out of my 401K!
: I am through being manipulated by this woman!
: Well, how's that for a book! Sorry this post is so long, just needed to get a lot off my chest.