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[meggins]

Contemplating calling my ex-husband today as it's his 70th birthday and I want to gloat. I already know how the conversation will go, so I also don't want to call him as I'll get a sense way beyond deja vu. What to do. Waht to do.

Eat lunch, then take a shower, then decide.

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[lkk]

I never realized that your ex was older than my hubby. From the way hubby talked about their youth, I assumed they were the same age. This morning I asked when they met. Hubby said they met at the beginning of his 8th grade while riding the bus to school together. Turned out that they were in the same grade after all, as I had always thought, despite the age difference because your ex had been held back a couple of times due to illness-related poor attendance and poor grades.

Did you call him or not?

[meggins]

I knew the bus story, and I've always known B.T. was the elder, but I don't think I realized they were ever in the same class. Truth to tell, he missed so much school--and eventually dropped out, did you know that?--that I don't think of him as being in class at all.

Let's see. What's another good story from that time frame? Something about blowing up model ships. Hmmm,. the details have gone.

No, I didn't call. That's the thing about procrastination: Sometimes it pays off. Intermittent positive reinforcement--the stronget kind.

[lkk]

Being in the same class may have been a poor phrase on my part. Hubby said that they were in the same grade. He didn't specify if they had classes together or not. Hubby mentioned that your ex eventually dropped out but later got his GED.

They blew up model ships? Or just your ex? I'll have to ask mine if he remembers that story.