Dr. Fauve, relationship expert

So yeah, I met 3 Hole Punch. She was not at all like I expected and it (the meeting) has led to areas that I was even less suspecting of. I have been asking to meet this woman since the discovery of her existence back in May (5 months after they started dating, about that long since the kids had known her and 4 months after they moved in together) but it took another 6 months after that for me to finally meet her. I was shocked because
1) she's really nice.
2) she has no apparent brain damage
3) she is not at all attractive

That last item may seem shallow or even catty on my part, but hear me out. The Paperweight is extremely vain and he had also informed me on numerous occasions that this woman is nothing more then a fuck to him. So, with those two bits of knowledge, wouldn't you be expecting a knock out? A young piece of arm candy? Nope, the woman is only one step above homely and that's only because she takes good care of herself. But if she ever "let herself go" people would be barking at her in the streets. And she's either quite a bit older then I or else the 'aging gracefully' fairy beat her with his wand. I asked Paperweight how old she was and he laughed and said he didn't know...

Anyway…

This meeting was a last minute deal. The Girl had a cheerleading 'recital' after her last class at the local YMCA a few weeks ago and The Paperweight called me beforehand to ask if I would mind if 3 Hole Punch attended as well.
Big fat duh! ya dumbass. I've been asking for 6 months to meet her. (ie. I said 'no, I don't mind if she comes')
And The Thing was in town for the event as well so the 4 of us got to hang out with a dozen or so 5 & 6 year olds with pom poms. Exciting life I lead, eh? But it was good for me to see how she got along with The Girl. These are my kids, for goodness sake, I need to know I can trust the people they are with. And both The Thing and I felt very comfortable with her.

So now that the ice has been broken, I find myself in bizarro land. We (The Paperweight & I) talk about her. I saw her again when trading off the kids after Thanksgiving. And I give him advice. For example, if it weren't for me, this poor woman would have been left home alone on Thanksgiving (I convinced him to suck it up and take her to dinner at his family's) and again on Christmas.
The Paperweight wants to come over Christmas morning to see the kids like he did last year. 3 Hole Punch is from another state (a far away one) and has no family or friends in the area, and he was just going to ditch her and come to my place. Perhaps I'm just a softy (quit laughing) but I think there is no reason why 3 Hole Punch should be treated like crap just because I was. So I invited her to come along for Christmas breakfast with The Paperweight.
Now just cross your fingers that she gets up early enough to throw some makeup on first. ::shudder::