Dear Anita,

Regarding previous post: the following applies to me regarding the mayo clinic features- Nose, wrinkles, thinning hair (at the bottom), skin (sun spots- dark).

So much happened last week, not sure where to start.  The kids had orientation on Tuesday night of last week.  Jon’s fiance Amy came with the kids. Apparently she planned it knowing there would be issues (common sense really due to the tension b/c us and that she never attended an orientation and has been with Jon for over 2 years) During the orientation  she attempted to direct Aiden to set up- I waited until she was away from the kids and went up to her stating “we need to talk” as in talk at a later time and I was civil. She then hid behind Jon who was standing right beside her mumbling “not a good time, not a good time.” Jon did not say anything, I went back to helping the kids- he came over a few minutes later saying in an angry tone “I can’t believe you are making a scene, you are being so inappropriate, etc” Ella was standing beside him and heard everything. During that time Amy stared my down for a good 3 minutes. I stared back at her for a minute, then told Ella everything is fine and took her to her teacher’s room.  Also they were late- Amy had to drop off her son to Football practice.

I struggled for days regarding this.  I have more events later in the week but wanted to start out with this.  In hindsight- I should have not said anything to them? However I wanted to put my foot down and say this is not OK. I knew I would never get a chance to speak with Amy and I told Jon that I wanted to speak with her so they were aware.  The kids only heard Jon being nasty to me and Amy staring at me according to Ella “in a weird manner using her angry face”  However I think I did the best I could based on everything.  They were baiting me wanting me to lash out.

Lindsey