Finally.
Ready, Dovey? You'll find this interesting.
Remember the ex? You know, the one who never had a job? Who didn't have a driver's license? Who didn't pay child support or see his kid in years? Who had a not-quite-ex wife who avoided any contact?
Well, he visited my dad the other day.
He drove there. He got his license.
He got his license in order to drive to his job in Illinois. 45K/yr to program LCD thingies for casinos. The GF made him either get a job or get kicked out, it sounded like.
With the money he's been making he flew out to see his daughter and ex(ish)wife after the kid was struck by a SUV. She lived, painfully, and it was enough for him to give in and start paying support and send birthday and Christmas gifts.
He's maturing, he's doing good, and POOF, the last vestiges of guilt that I may or may not have destroyed his life are gone. It's done a world of wonder for both of us. Who knew?
Remember the ex? You know, the one who never had a job? Who didn't have a driver's license? Who didn't pay child support or see his kid in years? Who had a not-quite-ex wife who avoided any contact?
Well, he visited my dad the other day.
He drove there. He got his license.
He got his license in order to drive to his job in Illinois. 45K/yr to program LCD thingies for casinos. The GF made him either get a job or get kicked out, it sounded like.
With the money he's been making he flew out to see his daughter and ex(ish)wife after the kid was struck by a SUV. She lived, painfully, and it was enough for him to give in and start paying support and send birthday and Christmas gifts.
He's maturing, he's doing good, and POOF, the last vestiges of guilt that I may or may not have destroyed his life are gone. It's done a world of wonder for both of us. Who knew?