Riddle me this…what chance did I have at confidence and security, not to mention “success” in general, with a mother capable of this?  The “funniest” thing—my ex husband loathed my mother.  And I’m not the only one he made that clear to.  Just ask his former mistress.  She’ll tell you he talked about her from time to time, when he talked about me, and had nothing nice to say about her.  When we were married, he protected me from her abuse as much as he could. When we separated, well, that changed.  And he did it to hurt me. To egg her on. So think about it… if the two of them are willing to have conversations like this about the mother of his children (her grandchildren’s mother), what do you think they are willing to say and do to ruin me to my kids? I’m going out on a limb, but I think perhaps they did and are doing a substantial amount of damage to the most important human relationship known to man (mother and child).  So far, between Kristen, my mom, and my ex-husband, can you see how maybe, just maybe, I might be, I don’t know, upset?  And is it a wonder that I was in a “relationship” with Mr. Piggy for 6 years, willing to endure his abuse?  Where the hell could I possibly have turned or gone?  The betrayal just won’t end.  And it’s undeserved and completely sick. At this point, I expect nothing more from people than kicks in general and even more of them when I’m down.