And you know what? EVERYBODY thought we had the greatest marriage! They thought he was a great guy -- UNTIL they spent a reasonable amount of time with him, and then they realized what a jerk he really was. But i got so TIRED of people telling me what a "sweetheart" he was. My God, I wanted to punch them in the mouth if they said it one more time! LOL

And then there were my parents -- OMG -- he had them SNOW=BALLED something terrible!! What an actor he was!! I tried to tell my mother what REALLY was going on, and she thought I was making a mountain out of a molehill. Once again, i wanted to punch her, the ole bat! LOL How could she NOT believe her own daughter??? I never exaggerated either. Seemed like I couldn't get anyone to believe me. UNTIL.......

I divorced him, and ALL sorts of people came around and said, "how could you stand him for 26 years??? What made you stay so long? How did you do it? yadayadayada. Where in the heck were THEY when I needed them? ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH.