Do you want to talk to Bubbie?

Ah, the innocence of children.  That's what B's grandson asked him on the phone from Houston yesterday.  "No thank you," B replied.  "Bubbie" is his ex-wife (why this ultra-wasp uses the Jewish term for "grandmother", I have no clue?  Must be ordinary, garden variety contrariness. )  Their divorce was as ugly as any in history, which is why we have made it a point for many years to never, ever speak.   

All I say is thank God we no longer live in the same city or part of the country as this person.  Keeping B's last name meant Ottawa was like an in-grown toenail because we were always bumping into people who would ask if we were related to her?  "No relation," is what I would reply; saved a lot of b-llsh-t.

Why divorces have to be so ugly is a mystery?  Oh yes, it's because someone wants more money, or wants to deny the other parent access.  So, whenever you hear the term "ugly divorce", you know it's about $$$$$.