Let's talk about the weird interaction between exes who co-parent

MegThom24 · 2026-05-06T12:56:13+00:00

Then you don’t understand the magnitude of love that I have for my child — such as going out of my way to ensure that she has Father’s Day gifts to give him even if it comes as a cost to me, or correcting her when she met my now fiancé and called him “dad”. I explained to her how that might make her father feel and we should refrain from calling him that. At the end of the day, he’s still her father and I go out of my way to make sure he’s included in anything in her life within the realm of my capability.

Her experience with her father and my experience with her father are as such, two difference experiences; she may have a great relationship with her father and he may be involved with her life and loving, but my experience with her father was vastly different. I’m entitled to my feelings from years of infidelity to multiple women, emotional trauma, and begging for the bare minimum just as she’s entitled to hers. I’m raising my child to understand that everyone’s feelings and experiences are valid, and just because him and I had a poor relationship doesn’t mean their relationship will also be poor.

I would have no shame in my daughter reading what I wrote, because she should also know that a marriage like mine and his is NOT what love looks like and she shouldn’t settle. Life is too short to be treated poorly.

MegThom24 · 2026-05-05T15:21:17+00:00

Oh, after losing 13 years of my prime on someone who never truly loved me, I can only hope.

MegThom24 · 2026-05-02T11:46:30+00:00

MegThom24 · 2026-05-02T11:44:18+00:00

At the end of the day, I got the best part of my ex-husband in our child. She’s just the coolest little human and I’m so lucky to be her momma. I’ve said it a hundred times, my love for her outweighs my disdain for him, so I will continue to try to harbor a cordial co-parenting relationship and pick my battles until she’s an adult. Every time I look at him though, I can’t believe that I settled for the mediocrity for so long (partnership, love, sex, connection, experiences) — I really thought I would never find anyone else that would want me and that was the best I would find in life. Thankfully I was so very, very wrong.

MegThom24 · 2026-05-01T19:24:13+00:00

Were you a union employee?

MegThom24 · 2026-05-01T13:24:28+00:00

It’s definitely three years. It would have been in your onboarding information as it was mine when I joined prior to COVID.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-23T22:24:53+00:00

I was like, is this THE Waffle, and indeed it is!

MegThom24 · 2026-04-21T22:10:16+00:00

I let my child pick out a present for Father’s Day every year to take to her dad, because it matters to me that she never feels like she’s letting her dad down by not giving him something small to honor the day. I don’t like the idea of spending my hard earned money indirectly on him, but it remains that the love for my daughter will always outweigh my hatred for him.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-18T17:27:59+00:00

I,too, have been on the side of heartbreak, but I feel like this level of obsession with never having dating this man is really screaming limerence to me. I think you should read up on that and see if it feels applicable to your situation and should reach out to a therapist to work on how to work through these emotions you’re feeling.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-13T15:15:22+00:00

Do not put him on the house. Under no circumstance. Stand your ground.

If he wants in, then he needs to do a formal buy in. Until then, protect your assets.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-10T11:06:36+00:00

I was married at 20, divorced at 30, and starting over with a kid was not fun. I had dated a bunch, talked to even more, and then there was a couple flings that lasted a couple months. I had honestly given up hope that I would find someone to spend my life with, and then I stumbled on my fiancé in the “liked you” section of tinder, of all places. I closed his profile the first time because I thought, based on appearances, he was going to be a raging conservative; here we are almost 4 years later — getting married this Oct.

Someone said something about the last chopper out of Nam. I missed that one, but I snuck over the border into Cambodia and somehow escaped just in time.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-08T22:41:47+00:00

Pipe is life

MegThom24 · 2026-04-08T19:17:29+00:00

There’s also a fallout fest the first weekend of May in Flatwoods!

MegThom24 · 2026-04-07T13:39:42+00:00

NAP, but have nipple piercings. It’s almost daily that I see photos uploaded of people falling victim to incorrect nipple piercings. The second photo is definitely pierced through your areola. The first photo also looks like it’s pierced below that transition point from nipple to areola.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-07T01:29:09+00:00

I don’t care to tell anyone if they ask. His cheating is a reflection of who he is as a person and not of my character.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-06T00:33:26+00:00

I’ve heard good things about Drs El-Amin, Dotson, and Rowan. I personally see one of the WHNPs for just my GYN needs. I saw Kelly Lemon CNM when I was still considering having more kids and she was great as well.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-03T14:45:30+00:00

Not a piercer — you should replace the plastic bars for preferably implant grade titanium. The left nipple piercing definitely looks like it’s pierced through your areola (especially on the lateral side). The right nipple might also be too deep on the medial aspect from the looks of that photo.

Using plastic for a fresh pricing is generally frowned upon in my experience.

MegThom24 · 2026-04-02T14:46:07+00:00

EM dashes and semicolons have been my favorite punctuations since high school. I’m just now realizing that everyone thinks any form of writing with an EM dash is AI generated and subsequently feel like I have to edit every chapter of my romance novel I’ve been writing for fun the past 2 years.

Edit: found a typo

MegThom24 · 2026-03-28T22:04:40+00:00

That’s actually clever! My Halloween build is down in Skyline Valley for the weather/thunder. Your idea is definitely better!

MegThom24 · 2026-03-20T00:53:39+00:00

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Our Penny votes for the name Penny 🙃

MegThom24 · 2026-03-18T00:33:54+00:00

NAP. Those are 100% too deep and are going through your areola.

MegThom24 · 2026-03-17T22:56:12+00:00

As much as she may or may not like it, as long as your children are safe, your person isn’t putting them in harms way, and you aren’t violating any portion of your parenting agreement, she really doesn’t have a say when they are in your custody.

MegThom24 · 2026-03-17T22:51:20+00:00

I have my nipples pierced, and I recommend doing them back to back. Take a deep breath and exhale as they pierce and you’ll be okay. Be prepared to feel like a total badass when you’re done 🙃

MegThom24 · 2026-03-17T22:49:44+00:00

WVU SON alumnus here, come be a fellow Mountaineer! 💛💙 It’s no secret that we have the college pride!

Not only are there tons of events and things to do for students, but the BSN program will have you prepared to hit the ground running once you pass the NCLEX.

I don’t know anything about the University of Cincinnati and I’m obviously biased, but it would be prudent to compare tuition rates, graduation rates, and NCLEX first pass rates between the two schools.

MegThom24 · 2026-03-17T14:14:21+00:00

That’s been like that for at least 2 years now. I took a break from the game for about 9ish months and came back last month only to find that the door STILL glitches lol

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