Dear So and So

[mimitabby]

Eden, is this a new wallet theft or the one that you told us about some months ago?

[Eden]

Eden, is this a new wallet theft or the one that you told us about some months ago?

Same one - she used my phone for several weeks before I'd gotten around to replacing it (its a prepaid and I ordered it off of the internet, so it took a few days to get to me too). I was very much surprised to find out when I activated the new phone that I could keep my old phone number and even have the minutes transferred (what was left at least) since the web site expressly said minutes from lost and/or stolen phones were not refundable. I also had not been in hurry because of this policy - had I known that it was not correct, I'd have replaced it much quicker, before she had a chance to use up a lot of my minutes.

For the first week or two I got a lot of calls from businesses looking for her to pay them (most of which I had no hesitation to informing them that she was a fraud and a thief and had given them the number from a stolen phone....) and from her delightful friends too.... most of it tailed off after that. Listening to all of the voice mail her loser friends left was pretty amusing.

[tulip]

Dear Ex,
I'm so glad that your life is turning around. Sometimes it takes a huge kick in the a$$ to grow up. Now you have a real job, a new (for you) car, and you even talk of hiring someone to clean your house. Don't you remember that I really wanted to hire someone to do the heavy cleaning because you wouldn't and I was working full time and didn't want spend my very few non-working hours scrubbing the kitchen floor? You said that it was a waste of money (well, if you had just gotten a job, that would not have been an issue, now would it?), that we could take care of it. We meaning me.

Despite your words, your actions showed in no uncertain terms that I was not worth much to you. And one more thing, bucco, there is absolutely no reason in the world to tell me that you cannot remember what I look like. Nearly 20 years together, and you don't remember what I look like, now that there says loud and clear that you didn't pay much attention while I was around. So lay off the guilt trip about me up and leaving. The hardest thing I've ever done, and the most important thing, too, for both of us.

Signed,
Your Finally Happy But Still Somewhat Stressed Out Soon To Be Ex (as soon as you deem it reasonable to sign just a few papers) Adoring Wife

[Flybye]

Dear So and So,

Tulip's letter reminds me of something. Please try to be clear when YOU indicate that WE can get something done. There are three choices:
#1 - WE meaning WE
#2 - WE meaning ME
#3 - WE meaning YOU

Please be more specific. It makes it easier for ME to say NO if YOU are using choice #2. I will almost always gladly say YES to options #1 and #2, but would like to have the opportunity to say no if I don't want to do it alone.

Thanks!!

Signed, WE #2 - aka ME