FWIW I’d go with seeing if you can get comfortable around him first, as suggested here. I definitely agree that you have to be ready before going on this trip, and hanging out with the dude to get to know him would be a big part of that. Because the truth is, the two of you likely have a some stuff in common and you’d probably get along really well under other circumstances.

If you’re not mad at her anymore, maybe it might help to view him through the lens of someone who makes her happy; there’s also an opportunity here to make a good friend who you can trust to take good care of her and your son if something happens to you. If you do decide to meet up with him, you might even ask her about some things she thinks you might like about him so you have some conversation starters. And, it’s clear that there’s good will on the other side to try and mend fences for the sake of the kid, which speaks well to both his character and that of your ex-wife. They could have just said no and never mentioned it to you, or worse they could have been scheming to cut you out of your son’s life. A holiday invitation kinda says a lot about how they view you, when you think of it like that.

However you decide bud I hope you manage okay through all this, and I do hope you can find a way to be friendly with him. It’s incredibly strong of you to even be considering putting yourself out there like that. As evidenced by most of the comments here, that would not be a common reaction. Good luck!

Did you miss the news? It worked, he won. You can leave the propaganda mill and go home now, komrade.

I have never heard it called that, but IT is a big field - plenty of room to accommodate stylistic differences.

Pfft, shadows. If there’s ambient light hitting my skin, there ain’t no shadows can get near me. I’m so reflective, I make the Silver Surfer look like pewter.

EggR-15 assault carton

Let the punishment fit the crime! Their windows shall be omelettes! 🥚🥚🥚

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If you knew why you got downvoted you wouldn’t have had to ask. But you asked, and you got an answer; what you think isn’t really relevant.

Oh, don’t you worry, they’ll identify themselves for you without any additional encouragement.

The real Satan was Ticketmaster, all along!

You would not believe how many more bags you can fit in that one bag if you fold them, rather than crumple them!

The equipment for making paper pellets includes hammer mill, dryer, pellet making machine, pellet cooler and pellet packing machine. For small-scale production, the dryer, pellet cooler and packer are optional.

So convenient!

No, you just don’t like DBZA because you watched it wrong.

So I have a nice phone, a very nice monitor and mechanical keyboard, and a good computer. And all with the right to repair philosophy. Same for my wife and kids.

Jeez man, I’m happy for you, but most of us are stuck with stock model bullshit that broke in 2016. Go brag about your consumer friendly right-to-repair family in c/BuyItForLife.

(I kid, of course 😊 Solid approach you have there, smart and sustainable)

Depends, but it’s best when they react like they’re at a black metal concert: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SomGqAYB-jE

But then they’d have to spend money on shoes to send to Russia, instead of not paying their lawyers!

Training complete! Next challenge: fold this prion into a viable protein.

My Gul isn’t very friendly at all, he keeps trying to genocide pastoral societies, is he broken?

the most important factor in having a mouth that feels clean is clearing the spaces between the teeth

This. Sadly the spaces between my teeth are way too tight for even the finest of interdental brushes, but floss works a treat for me.

I’m sure it’ll drop as those 49% are contacted by the FSB.