Dumb Ass Ex Husband.

Last week I got a phone call as I was laying in bed with Shaun watching a movie.

“Hey, whatcha doin?” it was my ex-husband calling.
“Just watching a movie.”
“Which one?”
“Just a stupid one. Why? What are you doing?” I ask only half interested.
“I’m watching the King’s game in the living room.”
I have a feeling this is going somewhere, so I ask “Who’s living room?”
“Yours.”

As you guessed, we have a pretty good relationship because I didn’t start screaming and call 911. I did get the raised eyebrows and the WTF look on my face as I asked him, “Why are you in MY living room watching the King’s game?”
“I came over to get the kids and no one was here so I decided to check the score and got pulled into it. Where are the kids?”

He calls me usually every day or every other day to check on the girls or to chat about something funny someone said. I told him to either get Cingular or stop calling me because my phone bill had his number on it WAY too often. He slowed down a bit, but he called me 3 times today. Once to tell me that he was happy with the dentist I picked for him. Once to ask me if I wanted a coffee. Third to tell me went to the doctor and instead of getting a allergy shot, he had to get an EKG.
He came over for dinner and he was acting weird. His allergies were bothering him, but the fact that he didn’t have someone to talk to about this, sort of had him a bit weirded out. THe doctor said he was worried about his heart and put him on medication.

Dan layed back on my couch and fell asleep. Shaun and I have come to realize we are Dan’s family. He’s comfortable here. He knows he can talk to me and Shaun’s not going to freak out. It goes both ways with Shaun’s ex too. When something happens to her, Shaun is the first person she calls. It comes with being with someone for so many years, and it’s not something that either one of us stresses out about. Our relationship is too busy to sweat the small stuff.

As I was in the bedroom coping CD’s I could hear Shaun tell the kids, “Shhhhh, your dad’s asleep!”
I had to grin and hold back a little laugh. Poor Shaun. What did he get himself into?

When Dan finally woke up a couple hours later he felt better and took the kids to get ice cream. Marina came in to tell us that she and her friend were going with Dan too.

The phone rang a little while ago, it was my ex. “Did you want an ice cream?” I told him no but thanked him for asking.

“Does Shaun want an ice cream?”
I know I bitch and call him a dumb ass, but the next time I complain remind me about the time that Dan took not only his kids, but Shaun’s kid AND her friend to get ice cream.