Category: STBX shenanigans
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Rob’s Book Club
There’s a lot of books that I want to read. Almost more than that, there are several books that I have started reading that I would like to finish. So here’s a small sampling of books that are on my shelf, as well as books that are in my Amazon…
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A leopard never changes its spots
A store-bought pie and a 1995 Thanksgiving dinner: the moment Rob realized he was dealing with an ‘affinity for bullshit.’ Revisiting a 2014 classic about honesty, gaslighting, and the red flags we often ignore. A raw look at the origins of the rebuilding process.
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when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object
I took a page out of her book: after warning her several times to stop the name-calling, I told her that I would continue this conversation when she was ready to talk like an adult.
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down in a hole
People think that getting a divorce decree is the final step in the whole divorce process. I’m coming to the realization that it is just the beginning. As I posted earlier here, this past Christmas, my divorce and my interactions with The Kid and with Jabba were taken to a…
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A Bullshit Mountain Christmas
it’s over. The proverbial, if not literal, ink is drying on our divorce as I type. It’s time for us all to move on with our lives.
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Out of the frying pan…
This is the first of rather unusual two-part entry… With some prodding from my mom, I called Jabba today to inform her that I won’t be picking up The Kid for Thanksgiving. I have been avoiding this conversation and I definitely didn’t want to do it this weekend, as I…
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WAR
Wednesday started out like any other day under the current status quo of The New Normal: I got in from work, talked / Facebook Messaged The Auteur, slept a bit, tried to enjoy some daylight. In the evening, I called The Boy. And since the STBX refused to take my…
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Virginia is for haters
With all due apologies to any native Virginian who may read this post… The Boy finally calls me back at 10:30 last night, only to tell me that the STBX is taking him to Jellystone Park (A Yogi Bear theme park) in Virginia today. As we conclude our conversation, I…
Rebuilding Rob 