It's That Time Of Year

Do you know what time of year it is? Of course, it’s back to school time, but it’s also time to... drumroll, please... fill out the emergency contact cards for school!!! This has now become an annual event of great misery, horror, and anger. Let me explain...

My son’s school mail goes to his father’s house. We used that address so there was no question about him remaining in his school district. After the divorce, I was completely broke, and there was no way I was able to have any type of home in that neighborhood. But boy oh, boy, do I pay for it NOW.

Last year the ex shrieked, “I’LL FILL OUT THE EMERCENCY CARDS!!!” They were due on the first day of school. Naturally, he “forgot” to fill them out, and our son got a note home from school indicating the cards had to be in the next day. So I filled them out.

This year, the ex claims he filled them out already. When I asked him who he put down as alternate emergency contacts, he says, “I don’t remember.” I’m sorry, but you don’t remember who the hell you wrote down AS PEOPLE WHO COUD PICK UP YOUR CHILD IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY?

Next, he says he wrote down my maiden name on the emergency contact forms because he will, “NEVER REFER TO ME BY THAT MARRIED NAME!!!” So, now the school has my incorrect name on file. I was remarried almost a year ago. Does he realize how insane he’s going to look when I have to contact the school and tell them my ex husband refuses to refer to me by my correct last name because I’m remarried?