re: What is the big deal about having an ex-wife in residence?

Just tell people she's your "Wife Emeritus."

Somewhat embarrassing but my parents have this arrangement.

Dad was an idiot, had a very late "mid-life" crisis which involved him pissing away a substantial portion of their nest egg, and Mom understandably divorced him. They reconciled but did not remarry - Mom has her proceeds from the divorce and a house safely protected in her own name and account. Dad is the live-in lawnboy and handyman. They have separate bedrooms but otherwise continue on outwardly projecting themselves as a normal husband and wife as if the whole trashy incident never happened.

TBH, they are both old now and not in the best physical and financial shape, so cohabitation is the best result. I'm glad they aren't alone and I don't have to play the surrogate spouse role whenever something bad happens.

you should bring some random home and see if the ex will do that 3way now.

As long as neither of you tries to date someone else and expose them to your sideshow, you do you. I was in a relationship where they had been divorced 10 years but still hung out together for hours every day, had family dinner, etc. Supposedly it was all for the kids but fk that. Just stay/get back together if you want to hang out that much. Shite or get off the pot!!

Are yall basically back to married only without the marriage?

Or are you housemates who hang out and hook up but live somewhat independently

I am afraid OP is just a place holder until the ex finds someone who wants to commit to her.

She thought she would find someone sooner, but discovered men her age dated younger women.

Crazy doesn't just cure itself with time: it ages, refines itself and awakens to whole new level of crazy you never thought possible.

When you end up in jail on some totally fabricated lie cooked up by her and her new boyfriend, good luck working through that.

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When are oldest son got married, she walked and said "I'm coming home" 

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And your reply should have been, "No. No you fricking aren't."

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A few friends say I'm going to get stabbed in my sleep. LOL

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I don’t know about stabbed, but I see a boiling pot of grits being thrown on you in the future.

Because she could wake up one day and change her mind again