Role Model?
Email from me to [ex-wife]
Today, the girls told me you drove by my parents’ vehicle on Wednesday morning. As you know, my parents were involved in a car accident; they were rear-ended while stopped at a red light. [Grandpa] and [grandma] were a little shaken up but (thank God) did not sustain any injuries.
The reason for my message isn’t to report on my parents’ condition, rather tell you how disgusted I am with the reaction you had when you drove past. The girls reported you laughed once you realized it was my parents who were involved in the roadside accident.
Outside of breaking the law (see my earlier message), I can’t really tell you what to do when you are with the girls. I am sending this message to tell you how deplorable your actions were. I would expect someone of your age [28] to know better, but it is not okay to laugh at people when they are involved in an accident. Do you really think it is okay to drive by the scene of an accident involving the girls’ grandparents (or someone you don’t even know) while you casually laugh? Do you think the girls should look up to someone who behaves with such poor taste?
I know you have been involved in at least 5 accidents over the past year (with at least one of them involving the girls). Do you think it would be acceptable for the girls or me to laugh as we drive past you?
For what it’s worth, I told the girls that (despite your behavior) it is not okay to laugh at people when they get into car accidents.
Email from [ex-wife] to me
Once again you seem to know everything.
I have not been in “5 accidents over the past year”.
6 months ago