OWW - this is my first christmas since I split from my STBXW, and I'm lucky that things are relatively amicable, but not to the point of sitting together at plays and stuff. Sitting there last week, bursting with pride at my youngest DC playing the lead in the nativity thing, then looking around and seeing all the other married couples, just reminds me how shit the whole thing is.
But.. you're dating because at some point things may become a bit more family like, and you'll be there with your bloke, both of you proud and happy, and probably far happier than a lot of the other couples there who, as we've said before, are often just keeping up appearances. It'll just take a bit of time to get there. Things don't work out the way we want, but sometimes they have a way of being unexpectedly better. Having said that, I have no idea who's number one or most of the rules of cricket.
I had lots of fun last night teaching my DC the dance from that youtube video that Flo posted yesterday. I'm a bad father showing them videos of a dancing transvestite, I'm sure, but we worked well together as a trio.
SharkGirl still wants to see me, even if only once a month - that work excuse I used probably didn't give the right message. I'd like to think I'd have someone to see when I come back to the UK from being away, but I'd like it to be someone I really look forward to seeing. Which wouldn't be her.