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"Some people get to divorce and never see or hear from (or about) their ex again. Then there are those of us with children and a parenting agreement. Not only do I have to see Peter on a regular basis, I get to hear all about his life in sometimes-too-vivid detail from my kids. Yesterday was one of those times. Peter got a new car. And I don&amp;#039;t mean new-to-him-but-not-so-new, but brand, spanking new. It&amp;#039;s a lease, but it&amp;#039;s gorgeous and it&amp;#039;s a reminder that he gets a new car and I can barely afford the gas for mine, not to mention the daily worry that its 223,000+ miles are going to be the limit sooner rather than later. Maybe he got a raise at work or something, but more likely he just has more disposable income now that he&amp;#039;s only got the kids 1/3 of the time, and no house to provide upkeep for. Maybe he&amp;#039;s just better at managing money than I am. Whatever the reason, he gets a new car, and I get a keyring from the dealership that Anna was kind enough to pass along to me. &amp;quot;Daddy gave it to me,&amp;quot; she said, &amp;quot;but if you use it, you can pretend like you have a new car.&amp;quot; I don&amp;#039;t want you to think I&amp;#039;m bitter - honest to God, I&amp;#039;m not. He works hard and obviously, the money was there and the price was right. And yes, he took the kids to Disneyworld for a week this summer while I took them to a campground by the beach for four days. My friends get angry when they hear stuff like this, but I have to tell you, I&amp;#039;m kind of glad. I can&amp;#039;t afford to give the kids most of the outings he takes them on. I certainly won&amp;#039;t be able to afford Disneyworld for a few more years, if ever. They&amp;#039;re not missing out on anything and it makes for a well-rounded world. I&amp;#039;m the parent who camps in the backyard and holds nerf sword jousting tournaments and takes hikes and picnics. He&amp;#039;s the amusement park, Disneyworld, dinners out and shopping trips kind of parent. Together, we give them all of it and then some. Were you angry if your ex had more money to throw around? Or were you kind of grateful he could give your kids things that you couldn&amp;#039;t? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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