How are you to respond when someone does something evil out of revenge? I have had a situation lately which has caused me to come up with a way to turn the table on revenge.
My ex had gotten me in a dilemma with my son in Florida. My son wanted to come back home for Christmas and my ex had bought him an airplane ticket. There was a problem with this though. It was only a one way ticket and he expected me to pay for the other way back to Florida.
I could not do that because my ex has basically cleaned me out financially so I refused to pay for the ticket.
This is something my ex has done repeatedly to me and my children. He presents a problem and they always have to come to me to solve the problem and it usually involves a lot of money.
I am tired of his manipulation and I finally put my foot down and said, “NO.”
He relented and finally solved his own problem for a blooming first time ever. He actually changed the ticket to be a round trip ticket. I knew there would be hell to pay for standing up to him. There always is when you deal with a narcissist.
So the latest information from my son is that even though he is flying to Texas for Christmas and I am the best cook in the world at holiday time, he will not be able to stay with me more than one day. We will be required to have our celebration on Christmas Eve.
I was a bit dismayed at this but I expected no less from my ex.
Then I thought about it a bit more and realized that I had spent all of Thanksgiving vacation of 2012 with my son because I drove down to Florida to see him. I spent some time this summer with my son at a wedding for my nephew and also drove him again to Florida. His dad has barely seen him since he moved back to Texas.
So now his dad can see him for an extended period of time. I am glad his dad wants to do that. It is wonderful for a son to spend time with his dad.
So I am not going to be sad this Christmas. I am going to spend a lovely day by myself having had the celebration the day before and I will rejoice in the true spirit of the season which is a spirit of giving.
So the devil can take that plan of revenge and despair that he wanted to hand me for this Christmas and smoke that in his cigar.
I am determined to have a very MERRY Christmas!