good question.. haha. who knows what the hell is up with Ned... really. Both Jeb and i are pretty sketchy on the details... but things got ugly with his 55+ year old wife. (well... from what i hear, she was always ugly.haha. ANYways...)

We assume (at least towards the end) he started "hanging with" a new girl because as soon as the wife and him split, he moved directly in with the new chick.. who coincidentally had dave's baby fairly soon afterwards. (dont know the exact dates of everything.. but its all close enough to really raise some eyebrows)

Ned finalized the split pretty quickly.. and ended up giving his wife **twice my salary** in yearly alemony. (Ned's doing VERY well jobwise .. especially for a HS education). ANYWAYS.. Ned was happy with the situation just to have her out of his hair... but then for some reason Jeb and i dont completely understand.. Ned's own sister kind-of ended up "selling Ned out" and going to the ex-wife on her own and telling her about the baby which INFURIATED the ex so she got a good lawyer to take Ned back to court for MORE money. (even tho she signed all the paperwork before.. apparently theres some clause in CA law where she can claim temp insanity <or whatever> due to the stress of the divorce when she was signing)..

Anyways, Ned and his sis were always close.. but now its driven them apart and it gets weirder when you find out his sis has moved in with his ex.. and even Ned admits that they're a "bit more than friends" and there is "one fewer bed than you would think there should be at their apt".

Anyways... Ned IS a lot better off.. his new "babys mamma"(lol) seems to be pretty cool and has changed Ned around quite a bit. He had a physical makeover (a lot thinner, no more ratty t-shirts.. now hes wearing designer sneakers by the same people that made those rare OJ shoes...)

no more used 84 bronco or 82 Corolla w/ no exhaust manifold.. now hes driving a tricked-out A8... Ned has been going back to school.. and Jeb tells me hes even occasionally attending church. Anyways.. she seems to be pretty good for him..

ALTHOUGH.. i guess i didnt mention.. she's technically still married to someone else.. which sounds pretty crazy. They were telling us a story of them both going to her hubby's house to "pick up a car"... you know.. "Repo-style"!?... with her hubby running out of the house in nothing but boxers and jumping on the hood as she drove down the block. funny stuff. Man, who woulda known that guy would be living a Jerry Springer life!! crazy!