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Mother’s Day Is A Reminder That My Ex Is Into Sabotage

Josie Quinn
4 min readMay 9, 2021

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He is rearing his hideous head*

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I will never say it’s not a big deal. Because having someone continue to try to control and cause problems is always a serious concern. On a scale though, it is more him showing who he is. My children are young adults. They know the score. They know the game.

My ex tried to plan an event for my son to go to, yep you got it, on the day- Mother’s Day. And he said oh, well you know it is only for a few hours.

So I have my own issues and attitude about the day. That is not really the point for me. It does however, never cease to amaze me what a calculating nasty bastard he is. Last year my ex narc did the same thing. And the year before. And on and on and on. It is not limited to any certain day. He tries his slick schemes for whatever reason, occasion or holiday. He seeks opportunity. And all that is needed is a tiny crack for him to get his tendrils into.

What it is about for him though, is control, manipulation and sabotage. What kind of human expends his miserable energy trying to do shit like that?! Apparently the kind that I was married/captive to for way too long.

In the past it was typically about hurting us and ensuring all of the attention is directed toward him and thus keeping anyone else from having the…

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Josie Quinn
Josie Quinn

Written by Josie Quinn

Creative, curious, spiritual, explorer.

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