We just had a little family "reunion" and of course I felt like the big elephant in the room. No one was rude towards me but the vibe was still there.

It's interesting that, despite him announcing he's a compulsive liar, they'd buy his story without hearing my side of anything. Yes, blood is thicker than water. Yes, our daughter said "mom pushed dad" and the "police were going to come", not even understanding what police meant.. just repeating dad. It makes me both sick and angry that he's portrayed me in such an unfavourable light when it was he who caused a traumatic scene, scaring our daughter to tears over his own f-up story.

I really made a mistake being with him. He has far too much baggage to work through than I ever realized. It's weighing down heavily on me.

Even how he describes himself is enough to ring bells but people don't see how these labels play out in real life.. that he has ADHD, MS, is emotionally unstable, a recovered drug addict, has a criminal record, is impulsive, codependent, has an inferior complex, is insecure, sensitive, and a compulsive liar. He claims he's been "open" about things to his family and friends and they've all been "supportive". I wish I were a fly on the wall to hear how he presents these stories. Wake up people. Are you so blind.. deaf? They're not just empty labels.

My anxieties are at a high and I'm feeling pretty beaten. I wish I could talk with his mom and explain to her the whole 'shebang'.. S
shed some light from someone who has lived through it.. the truth.

Shame on him that he's taken this family into the ground.