You continue to allow your ex to control your life. You have children together and yes, to an extent, you need contact. I have zero issues with that! This person constantly texts and calls you for frivolous things that can obviously wait (and some things that do not even concern you). They are trying to ruin our relationship but you don't see it. Never mind the fact that they moved on years ago and have had someone else in their life the entire time (before you split). You were hurt very deeply. Hey, we are all hurt at one time or another—some even more devastating than this. Get over it! I don't understand why you continue to cater to such behaviour. You are better than this. You deserve better. Your ex does not want you back at all; they just want to control you and any future chance at happiness you might find with someone else. I only hope you realize this before it is too late. I have been more than patient for over a year now but am at the end of my “hope.” Hope for you, not for me. For the life of me, I don't understand how a human being can be so mean and degrading to another, yet the victim continues to allow it to happen. So much for saving the world! It sure feels like the same-sized project! —Sleepless in see asshole?