Rack 'Em Up

It was a banner week with nine, yes 9 emails from the crazy man. The 3 mentioned in the earlier post then six more.

His response to my response regarding not adding his girlfriend to the pick-up list was that perhaps he had been 'pro-active' to suggest this. I was thinking premature (you can add the rest).

In regards to his insistence that he and I work together on some 'actions' regarding the elder child, I simply declined to be involved as it is between the two of them. This did not go over well and I was promptly accused of withdrawing a previous offer of support to him. AS IF! I made a terse rebuttal which was also not well received.

Then the slew of mish-mash including a request for an update on the high school applications (provided to him 4 weeks ago), an assault on the fact that Clare has missed two weeks of therapy (she needed a wee break) and a meager acceptance that he should be able to make the shared expenses on time this month.

It is very difficult not to engage but I've decided to view this as if it were a splinter. It's an annoyance. The removal causes temporary stinging but after a while, you forget about it. We all know that he will forget about it so it seems like my best investment is to let it go.

New girlfriend announcement

Just received 3, yes three, separate emails from the crazy man in the span of 4 minutes. That is either a record for him or he's been compiling drafts for days and just sent them all boom-boom-boom. The first one let me know that he introduced his new girlfriend to Frances, gave me the full scoop on the girlfriend including complete name, names of her children, her ex-husband's name. Then he said that he would be updating the after-school info to include this woman as someone who can pick up Frances. My head screamed "No", I don't know this woman and the point of that list is that they are known people to both of us. Not sure if I'm over reacting but my second-thoughts haven't come up with anything better.

The second and third emails were about Clare and the fact that it's been six weeks since she "decided not to come to (his) home" and that we "should start to work on some actions". There are some actions I would like to take but not with Clare.... electro-shock therapy is getting good reports these days, or perhaps alien abduction would be better as then he would be completely absent instead of just absent-minded. In one email he recognizes he needs to be patient and is not suggesting anything immediate, in the second email he suggests she participate in his birthday dinner (w/girlfriend) next week. If I point out the contradiction, he will just get pissy and then the aliens won't take him.

Totally open to suggestions on this one. Know that I have an open bottle of single malt on my counter waiting for me when I get home.