The ex called today…man was that fun. Left me in tears for the majority of the day. He pretty much informed me that I never do anything right and that he ALWAYS pays for my financial mistakes. I guess that spending $200 that I didn’t really have on my oldest son’s dental work is a bad financial decision. He doesn’t seem to grasp that he is supposed to pay for 80% of all unpaid medical, dental, vision expenses and that he is supposed to also pay 80% of my work related childcare expenses as well. He makes SO much more money than I do that it’s completely ridiculous. I’m enrolled to go back to school, I start up again in October and have about nine months left until I finish my Master’s degree. At which time I plan to go on to get my PhD. This was construed in his mind as sacrificing the children for the sake of MY improvement. Why doesn’t he see that if I can make more money, this makes the children’s life easier, nicer, more comfortable? Why can’t he see that I am doing this not only for myself, but for the children as well?

He knows how much of an emotional person that I am, and sometimes I feel like he uses that to try to control me, or manipulate me. The thing is, he hasn’t been a manipulative person in the past and I don’t understand why this seems to be his new MO…I guess his changes have gone beyond the surface at this point. It’s sad that someone I have spent so many years of my life with now is a total and complete stranger to me.