I can't believe the day I just had. Tell me if this is fair. I was invited to a Christmas Party for the playgroup that my son goes to. Well wouldn't you know it the day of the party my son gets sick. His doctor said it was only a sinus infection and she didn't see why I couldn't go to the party with the baby. Well today my son wouldn't eat at all and my stbx decided to take the baby to his mother's house because she can get the baby to eat sometimes. Well she couldn't feed him either. I decided that I should stay with my son and not go to the party which stbx and his family agreed with. I felt that if I went that this would be amunition that stbx and his family could use against me in court saying how I cared more about the party than my son.

I ended up going home with the baby while stbx and his family went out for dinner. Am I just having a bad thought that stbx is with his family eating a nice dinner while I am here with a sick baby and he used me or am I just overreating?

I know you're disappointed in not being able to attend the party. Maybe it was one holiday event where you wouldn't feel out of place going as a single. Of course, your son couldn't help that he was sick... But that's the price of motherhood.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Am I just having a bad thought that stbx is with his family eating a nice dinner while I am here with a sick baby and he used me or am I just overreating? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Not sure why you thought "he used you". Wasn't stbx's fault. If you're separated,was this situation important enough for him to be informed? You may be over-reacting. Face it, it's easy to be on edge this time of year. We all forget the whole reason for Christmas, and of course those of us on this board are dealing with additional pressures that we shouldn't have to.

I hope he's feeling better today <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> Can you treat yourself to something nice to compensate for what you missed? I'm sure you deserve it!