Bitch!

When I first met my ex-spousal unit, she used to go on about fate. "We were destined to meet," she'd say, as if we were written in the stars.

Today I received notice of her desired outcome for our impending legal clash. "The Clash" was the band that sang "We've gotta Get Out of This Place", if I recall correctly... but I digress. Maybe.

At any rate, she desires to almost have custody of him. All the time that doesn't have some manner of responsibility inherently linked to it (i.e. school days) she wants. This flies in the face of the evaluator's recommendations, which included the brotherly bond he has with his siblings, "which should not be underestimated."

My father has a saying, "got greedy." It usually means that you've overextended yourself foolishly in hopes that you'd get more than is needed, but it dovetails nicely with another quote.

I've been reading "Poisoned Blood", the story of Audrey Marie Hilley. Marie (as she was known) was a native of Anniston, Alabama and poisoned her husband to death and tried to kill her child in the same way. She traveled the U.S. attempting to conceal her true nature (and largely succeeding) until she did something almost as monumentally stupid as committing murder in the first place. She went back to her 2nd husband disguised as her twin.

So she was caught and dragged back to Anniston circa 1983. The trial lasted an unprecedented length (for the area) and ended in conviction. During the closing statements the prosecutor had this to say:

"Some people, contrary to popular belief, are evil. They are just, basically, evil, and they are motivated by nothing except their own selfish desires. And it doesn't make any difference whether it's a daughter, a husband..."

I rest my case.