Completely acted like she didn’t exist while simultaneously beaming with pride and celebrating my daughter’s accomplishments surrounded and supported by our extended family. From never turning around to acknowledge the ex (but also not preventing my daughter to do so herself) her while she stood right behind us in line to acting like she DIDN’T sit in the row directly behind us (because of course she did) during the ceremony, she seemed to get the message that her fake nice bullshit wasn’t going to fly.

The only attempt she made was to try to talk to my GF’s 14 year old son. I quickly interrupted and suggested he go sit on the other end of the row to save seats for others who hadn’t arrived yet. She asked him about a recent school trip she knew she had been on because one of my daughters must have told her. Mind you, this is a kid who my ex once tried to accuse of inappropriately touching my youngest daughter simply on the basis that he’s on the Autism spectrum.

Afterward they did their pictures, we did ours, and went to dinner. You don’t have to be emasculated over and over and over again by your abusive ex, pretending like she doesn’t do everything possible to TRY to make your life a living hell on a daily basis.