Oh the joys of being a blended family! So much more love to go around, but also, so much more anxiety too! With the extra cheer and gifts during the holidays, blended familys get the aded bonus of dealing with the one person on Earth, they care the least for....The EX.
Now, I am a lucky girl, my ex isnt all that bad. We pretty much stick to what the judge said and all goes smoothly. Now my husbands ex on the other hand, makes me belive Satan walks the Earth among us. It seems everytime its our turn to visit with the kids, she pulls a rabbit out of her hat and figures out someway to make the process so much more difficult then it needs to be. I actually secretly believe she spends the time inbetween visits plotting against us....I don't have proof, but I'm working on that!
Then there is always the present dilemma. The kids send us their Christmas list (usually at the last minute) and its usually the same one they have given their mother. Now on the years where we have them for Christmas Eve, this is not a problem. But on those years where we get them Christmas day night, problem. We find that the mother ALWAYS seems to buy the exact same presents as we have bought for the kids....ignoring all the other toys on the lists. How does this happen? Who knows. But I think the evil witch has some sort of ESP crap going on. So I have become a great gift exchanger!
Though I love my step children dearly, and their father even more...I always wish, every night when I lay my head down, that God will smack the EX and make her see the light...Just once, it would be a great holiday if she would just go by the rules, and not try to piss in my cornflakes, every single time....
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