Work work work!<p>And up to late at night. Haven't had chance to turn computer on at home lately. Try to stay off at work unless it's work stuff. That stuff takes me 7.5 hours a day.<p>Video camera's dead, though. If I called the police, I'd have to choose. Have him arrested. Or ask them to take him home to his second wife and ask her to teach him some manners.

Another thing I used to do was when she would call mad about something, I'd hold the phone away from my ear. She'd be going on and on about something I had done (this was when she was still with loverboy, I wasn't interested in hearing about my faults). I would hold the phone down and wait a couple of minutes and then put it back to my ear to see if she was still talking. If she was I'd put it down again. Eventually, she'd figure out that I wasn't listening and then she'd be REALLY mad. Fortunately, those days are over and we can actually have a normal conversation now.<p>LLama,<p>They might learn, although I think it's conditional. It depends on whether you're doing something they don't like (like moving on with your life). Also, I think it depends on how their life is going. Cinderella is a perfect example of this, I think.

Thnak you for thinking, I think, that I am moving on.<p>I had this moment of clarity before x and w#2 married. I decided that since I wasn't modeling a good marriage for the children, someone needed to and it looked like he was going to do it first. So, he and new w might as well be happy. For them to have a long and happy life together was better for the children than the other choices. And maybe x would improve his social and communication skills. (he is an ISTJ so I doubt that it is possible. But one can always hope.) Anyway, I want them to be happy.<p>As for me, next month x will have been gone for 7 years. The extent of my dating was a 4-5 month fling and a 1yr+ long distance relationship. D asked when they were going to see him again. Soon I hope!