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#1207792 10/14/04 03:19 PM
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Everything has been going good in my plan A.

H took a new job and his hours are 9pm-7am. He comes over at 7am and has breakfast with us and helps get son ready for school. He also picks son up after school and takes him to soccer/baseball and to play. I usually join them after I get off work(5:00) and then son and I go home and H goes home to prepare for work. OW's time with H is cut way down. She gets to see him an hour at night while he gets ready for work and on Sat and Sun. Except for sons's sat soccer games and a few other things we do with son. Dummy (OW) moved an hour away from her family, friends, and job to live with H. She still commutes to work everyday. I know the new schedule is getting to her, as she has started freaking out and calling H's phone over and over. He gets really mad about it. I walk away, refusing to even acknowledge anything about her whatsoever. So good, let her freak out and act out. Im not buying into it anymore.

H has started calling me just to chat. Stopping by with coffee. Hugging me and holding me longer. I'm trying not to read anything into it. Just going with it. There are times I want to choke him. Like when I know he is leaving us because he has plans with her. Like this Sun. Son wants to go to amusement park, H had said he would go. Now he has some excuse why he cant go. I just smiled and said ok. Inside I was on fire.
Son and I will still be going and having a GREAT time. But I know he was

I also realized that he is spewing fog talk. He has talked me into postponing filing, which Im starting to rethink, he said who knows what will happen in the future. We could work it out. Then he will tell me how he and Dummy wont be breaking up again and how this will all be good for S in the long run. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />
He talks about spending holidays together. WITH OW THERE! Why cant we all get along and be adults? I swear he asked that. He said if I had a b/f he would be ok with him. He said if OM was still around he would be ok with him.
I try not to explode and pop his head off. I just calmly tell him its not going to happen. Im not ok with it.

So thats my Plan A rantings and confusion for the day.......

How are all you other Plan Aers doing?

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Part of the beauty of Plan A is that you have a shared history with WH .... use it.

If there is a fun memory you and H share.... let's say it's Hawaii.... you find a photo of that time, copy it and make it into a card... and buy him a small gift that goes with that particular memory.... like macadamia nuts.

It can be any sort of shared history memory.... I just made one up to use as an example.

It could be a camping trip... a funny event you shared.... use your imagination!

Make it fun, and make it personal... and make it something that was a positive memory between you and H that occured pre-A .... and send it to him very lightheartedly....

and OW will be pissed... but... that's NOT the purpose just an added bonus <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Pep


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