.................8/2006

[Chicago Patty]

A little tug at the heartstrings...

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For the newer people here, a little background:
My ex fiancee John moved back with his parents May 2005.
I couldn't take anymore, hit my bottom and made him leave.
He was hospitalized at least once a month for 2 years and
went through a few programs....lost his auto, job, money,
pride and our relationship..(take notice that our relationship
was the last thing he lost.) We were together 2.5 years.
He ended up moving to NY last Christmas with his ex-wife and
11 year old son. The son was really calling the shots for these
2 people and they all allegedly live together because it "easier."
Who knows, doesn't really matter to me at this point anyway.
Today, his mom called me she lives in PA.
Said she had been thinking about me and wondered how my kids
and I were doing. She told me her husband was becoming more ill
and she wasn't well herself. I was sorry to hear that, she is a nice
woman. I told her we were well and she was geniunely happy
about that. She said she thinks about us from time to time. I thiink
she harbors some guilt as to how her son was...not her fault in
the least. She did mention John...I didn't ask...I was thinking about
asking, but I didn't. She asked me if I had heard from him lately,
I said I hadn't. She said he is still living at his ex's house with their son.
Again..she said it's easier for all of them that way...lol... whatever
that means....She stressed that they weren't toegther as a couple...OK
She said he is working at the tv station, the job he had told me about
back in May. Glad to hear he has kept a job for the last 4 months....
she said he isn't drinking..."well maybe 1 or 2 a night as Liz(ex) won't
put up with it." I had to laugh...an alcoholic telling his mom
1 or 2 a night....how somethings never change....and yet some
actually do.......