The power of silence

Sometimes, saying nothing says a whole lot!

I'm enjoying my absolute silence in reply to a couple of emails from my ex.  I would not normally ignore an email, and that makes the silence all the more powerful.  In his second email to me, he was using all caps, for emphasis.  I'm sure he thought that would garner a reply, but alas, it has not.

Now, I do have a reply in the works, but it will be significantly delayed.  Partly because I'm just not up to writing the reply yet.  I plan to give him a good tongue licking when I do.  Engaging in conflict goes against my grain, but he deserves it.  He is a pathetic excuse for a father.  Hot and then cold, hot and then cold.  It's really messing with my boys' heads.  How dare he think he can show up in their lives on a regular basis and then disappear without a trace.  He's bleeping nuts.  I can't not saying anything.  This deserves a terse reply.

However, I'm just biding my time, and will do so when the mood strikes me.  In the meantime, I'm sure my silence is perplexing for him, and I am enjoying being a wild card.  He is passing messages to our children through email, through me, and I think that's disgusting.  He needs to find a way to pay for a phone call, to explain himself to the boys himself.  I shouldn't have to do that for him.  My silence does not give him the satisfaction of knowing whether I passed along his message or not.

I did.... but he doesn't know that.

And that is the power of silence!