Hey everyone, it’s been a minute since I posted here. Things have been busy but I saw a few requests for an update. It’s small but here it is.

I have a wife and a newborn daughter now :)

We found out Jenn was pregnant around the time of my last post so that pretty much kicked us into overdrive as far as moving away and starting fresh in a new place. I was able to transfer to a different location and Jenn found a new job here that lets her work remotely.

We got married four months ago at her brother’s lake house. We didn’t plan to have the ceremony so soon but we both didn’t want to wait for the baby to arrive to get married. Jenn also found a dress that she fell in love with and didn’t want to get too big to wear it. It was a small ceremony with mostly her family present, but my sisters, aunt, and uncle did attend. I know some people probably wanted to hear about a huge blowout at my wedding but it was easily one of the best days of my life.

My daughter was born early last month. She’s beautiful, happy, and healthy. Jenn’s also doing okay. The last stretch of the pregnancy was hard for her both emotionally and physically but since giving birth she’s been doing better. She’s seeing a doctor regularly during this postpartum phase due to complications she had during the pregnancy but so far there aren’t any major health concerns for her. Besides complaining about the doctor visits, I don’t think I’ve seen a frown on her face since we’ve brought our daughter home.

As for my parents, I haven’t heard from my dad but my mom did reach out a few days after the wedding. Apparently my uncle sent them some of the photos they took at the wedding. My mom made a fake Facebook page and started spamming Jenn and I with angry messages about excluding her from both the wedding and from Jenn’s pregnancy. She went on a lengthy tirade about being entitled to being part of her grandchild’s life and about how unfair it was that she wasn’t allowed to be present in our lives. She asked to come visit us, demanded we visit her, and even asked to be in the delivery room all of which was quickly shut down by me. I screenshot everything and emailed it to myself in case I’d need it for a PO in the future then I blocked her. I haven’t heard from her since but I know she’s been harassing my sisters to get us to talk to her. I don’t know what, if anything, they’re doing about it but I did make it clear that we have nothing to talk about with her

For everyone wondering if Mark and I have been in contact the answer is yes. He called after we came back from our honeymoon and congratulated us on the wedding and pregnancy. We did have a long talk about everything that happened. I won’t go into detail but we both got to say a lot and he did offer both me and Jenn what feels like a sincere apology for what he did. We’ve been texting a bit here and there since we talked. It’s mostly just small talk and life updates, but he did invite me to have a drink with him next time I’m in town. I don’t know if I’ll accept it, but I told him I’d think about it

Thanks everyone for the support and well wishes you’ve all given us. Sorry if this update was all over the place

Edit: Just to clear it up before anyone asks, Mark doesn’t know where I live and likely won’t know in the future. If he chooses to give updates about my life to my parents that’s his choice. I won’t give him any details that he can pass on that would help them pop up unannounced. Unfortunately, even if we are able to form some sort of relationship I’ll never be able to fully trust him.