[quote]On mother's day, my daughter gave me a flower pot and said her daddy's gf helped her make it, along with the card. My initial response was, "ugh I wanna throw it away". But seeing how it was from my kid, I couldn't. And I sat there looking at it and thinking, if this woman could go sit there with my kid and help her do this for me, when she knows that I would spit on her if I saw her on the street, she must have some inner strength and compassion that I am lacking at this juncture.
So I texted her Thank you, happy mothers day and wished her the best. [quote]

I needed to see this today. Thank you. I have dreams about stuff like this, but ... well, I've always stepped back and still been vilified like I was the devil, incarnate. I did NOT cheat and was accused of being some cookie he had on the side (he did not have any such cheating episodes, it was not part of his marriage, it is not part of his constitution to even contemplate trying to juggle and please more than one woman at a time).

The ONLY thing I've been able to do without criticism is buy stuff for them, and even then, I'm accused of buying INFERIOR stuff that's not good enough for her kids.

Sigh.