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M called me AGAIN today. He started telling me how his ex was giving him troubles and then he said that she got a new tattoo and I said..."well apparently you didn't take my advice then" he asked what I meant and I told him that a tattoo had nothing to do with their son and he shouldn't have acted concerned about it to her. (Apparently it was red and infected.) He said to me "I didn't know I needed to ask your permission" I told him he absolutely didn't need my permission ever but that I was just trying to make him see how he could save himself the aggravation. He backed down then and I let him get back to the movie he was watching.

ARGH! oh well...


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If you have voice mail, let his called go there.

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Yeah I'm gonna start doing that. I hate wasting my valuable time on people who thrive on drama!! There is nothing more frustrating than that...in my book anyways...LOL


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There is SOMETHING that he is "getting" out of the interaction with her.

And I think you are very smart to withdraw from that triangle.

They may be one of those couples that need that 3rd person to create the high drama needed to inspire "passion."

Yuck.

So he's constantly telling you that the interactions with her annoy him....yet he keeps right on interacting....

hmmmmm...should you believe his WORDS or his ACTIONS....


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Now now Lexxxy....we know actions ALWAYS speak louder than words!!!! LOL

I don't call him and If he should call me....and starts the "ex-wife annoying babble"...I make an excuse to get off the phone. I'm NOT going to enable him!!!


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Well after 2 weeks of no contact M called me Saturday and never brought up his ex which was refreshing. I invited him over for a game of Monopoly...turns out he's just as competitive as I am so we had quite a fun game. I ended up kicking his butt! We had a rematch on Sunday and ended the game early as we got side tracked watching television.

We made plans for getting together with our boys next Sunday. My daughter will be with her dad for the weekend.

I sense that he's taken the last few weeks to think about our talk. I'm not saying he's a changed man but there is hope. Time always tells and I hopefully have alot of time to wait and see.

Ronda


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Don't forget... redflag

Remember what you said about 'if you were younger'?

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LOL

I'm not ever going to try to change him. I've set my boundaries and I'm not backing down and he's reacting to them.

It's wayyyyy to soon to even consider that he's changed himself forever.

Ronda


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seems like you change your hair weekly ronda


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What's THAT suppose to mean? think


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Originally Posted by AllurinGreenEyes
What's THAT suppose to mean? think

it means every time i look at your myspace your hair is different


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LOL! Not that much different! The one that is up now is 7 years old...I found it the other day on an old disc and decided to post it.

So you're the one stalking me on myspace!!! Do you have a profile on there?

Ronda


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Nah I don't have a myspace... suppose I could though.


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