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Default Jan 17, 2021 at 05:16 PM
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He actually proposed taking three months to move back in until I’m comfortable and while he seeks help. So it’s not what you think.

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He actually proposed taking three months to move back in until I’m comfortable and while he seeks help. So it’s not what you think.
Oh ok I didn’t know that. So did you agree? Is that why he isn’t moving stuff out?
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Oh ok I didn’t know that. So did you agree? Is that why he isn’t moving stuff out?
I did not agree. He moved more stuff today.

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It's my conditioning from my father. I am used to being dismissed, overlooked and ignored. I am used to a male being the central focus. I am used to his needs coming first and mine coming last. My work ahead is to break this conditioning.

I am now angry over my husband's response to my ex fiance's death. I cannot believe he had to make MY grief all about HIM. HIs response to me was APPALLING. Just appalling.

Why am I still surprised by his extremely self absorbed behavior? Each and every time, it shocks me. I told him he's a MONSTER.

He is not human - he's the devil incarnate. I think he has many demons to contend with. The things he does are not normal behavior whatsoever. I couldn't believe that he tried to argue with me about US and our relationship on the day of my grieving a loss.

Then after I told him he's a monster and to leave me alone? He does a complete 180 and tried to comfort and console me. He kept contacting me to offer his help. Yeah, right. I don't need YOUR help, thank you very much.

It was a mistake on my part to even tell him. I was rattled, and I told him. I need to THINK first BEFORE texting and BEFORE acting. I often will act on my emotions - I need to stop doing that.

I am pissed off this morning.

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Default Jan 18, 2021 at 06:25 AM
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And he keeps telling me how unhappy and miserable he is without me. He says his life is empty now. He thinks that if he hammers away on that point, that I will somehow change my mind?

I have told him:

I don't love you anymore
my feelings have changed
I don't view you the same way as I once did
I can never trust you again - you ruined my trust in you
you cannot make me happy

And he STILL argues with me over this.

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Double WOW. I am APPALLED.

Please don't ask why or chastise me but I told my husband that I just learned my ex fiance

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And his reply was simply to accuse ME of not having any empathy for HIM, and of not having an ability to forgive. He couldn't even offer to me his sympathies about my ex fiance.

I told him in response that he is an absolute MONSTER. That his true colors are showing and that he doesn't deserve my forgiveness.
I may be confusing your old threads. Was your ex fiancé an acquaintance of your h’s from the concert crowd. Did they once have a conversation about porn?

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I may be confusing your old threads. Was your ex fiancé an acquaintance of your h’s from the concert crowd. Did they once have a conversation about porn?
Good memory, @TishaBuv! Although that person you speak of is a different ex from my ex fiance. My husband only knows of my ex fiance. They never met, and my ex fiance lived in another state down south.

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Good memory, @TishaBuv! Although that person you speak of is a different ex from my ex fiance. My husband only knows of my ex fiance. They never met, and my ex fiance lived in another state down south.
Thanks for clarifying. I was wondering, if your h knew him, why he didn’t say he felt bad he has passed (aside from not giving you condolences). You are really reaching to keep wanting loving behavior and validation from a man who didn’t give you that while you were together. You are banging your head in the wall. I doubt my h would give me condolences on any ex of mine who passed, even at the best of relationship times because he’d be jealous to even hear about them.

When divorcing, do people typically keep daily contact and keep a close emotional relationship, and seeking validation? I see how you are all over the place emotionally, back and forth on this. (Someone even more shaky may be doing this dance for 25 years )

I understand it is very emotional for you and you have plenty of mixed feelings about your ex’s passing. I’m sorry it happened.

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Thanks for clarifying. I was wondering, if your h knew him, why he didn’t say he felt bad he has passed (aside from not giving you condolences). You are really reaching to keep wanting loving behavior and validation from a man who didn’t give you that while you were together. You are banging your head in the wall. I doubt my h would give me condolences on any ex of mine who passed, even at the best of relationship times because he’d be jealous to even hear about them.

When divorcing, do people typically keep daily contact and keep a close emotional relationship, and seeking validation? I see how you are all over the place emotionally, back and forth on this. (Someone even more shaky may be doing this dance for 25 years )

I understand it is very emotional for you and you have plenty of mixed feelings about your ex’s passing. I’m sorry it happened.
@TishaBuv,

He did eventually offer his condolences, but only AFTER I got fed up and called him a monster.

Oh, I am well aware of the dance I am doing right now. Perhaps it's something I just need to experience and go through myself in order to truly learn.

At least I am leaving an abusive marriage early on and before it gets far worse. The writing is on the wall, and I am proud of myself for leaving him, despite all his begging and pleading and tears. I should actually be celebrating my strength right now, rather than feel down on myself for trying to talk reasonably with someone who is unreasonable.

I know that it's futile, and that is becoming more and more clear to me.

And thanks so much regarding my ex fiance. SO sad and SO tragic.

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@TishaBuv,

He did eventually offer his condolences, but only AFTER I got fed up and called him a monster.

Oh, I am well aware of the dance I am doing right now. Perhaps it's something I just need to experience and go through myself in order to truly learn.

At least I am leaving an abusive marriage early on and before it gets far worse. The writing is on the wall, and I am proud of myself for leaving him, despite all his begging and pleading and tears. I should actually be celebrating my strength right now, rather than feel down on myself for trying to talk reasonably with someone who is unreasonable.

I know that it's futile, and that is becoming more and more clear to me.

And thanks so much regarding my ex fiance. SO sad and SO tragic.
I agree and am glad to see you get out of a bad situation. Also, your h is more of a drain on you than an asset, financially, emotionally, things you like to do. You have a few things in common you both enjoy. There is also substance abuse issue.

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I agree and am glad to see you get out of a bad situation. Also, your h is more of a drain on you than an asset, financially, emotionally, things you like to do. You have a few things in common you both enjoy. There is also substance abuse issue.

@TishaBuv, thank you!!!

You said it!!!! He IS a drain on me in SO many ways. And he continues to drain me. I had a nice respite from him yesterday with very little texting and no arguing. We don't need to talk today either for any reason, so I get more of a break from him.

And yes, he has substance abuse issues, or addiction rather. I have been drinking more lately, but I know I can curb the habit and I don't need alcohol in order to feel good or right side up in my life.

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Problem with alcohol (or any drugs) is that not only is it a depressant but it also keeps us from thinking clearly & being good at problem solving even when we try to convince ourselves otherwise

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Problem with alcohol (or any drugs) is that not only is it a depressant but it also keeps us from thinking clearly & being good at problem solving even when we try to convince ourselves otherwise
Yes, however I am allowing it. It's a pandemic, I am home alone most of the time isolated from people, I am enduring an arduous job search and unemployment, and I am going through a nasty breakup and divorce. I think many people would be drinking if they were in my shoes. Many people may not even be able to manage and cope with all that I am enduring.

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I'm watching Thelma and Louise right now. And it's quite significant to me at this moment in time. Abuse, over time, effects a person's mental health very negatively. I am testimony to that happening. I have unraveled emotionally, I have let loose on my husband in absolute and sheer rages on and off via texts, and I am not all there right now. Thelma went off the rails because of her abusive husband. And Louise? She was raped and then shot the man who tried to rape Thelma.

Obviously, I will not turn to a life of crime! But this movie is very suitable right now for my mood and the state of my mental health. I don't think people realize how much abuse unravels a person emotionally and mentally.

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Yes, however I am allowing it. It's a pandemic, I am home alone most of the time isolated from people, I am enduring an arduous job search and unemployment, and I am going through a nasty breakup and divorce. I think many people would be drinking if they were in my shoes. Many people may not even be able to manage and cope with all that I am enduring.
Yet....many can who have actually learned functional coping skills

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Yet....many can who have actually learned functional coping skills
Yeah. I hear you. I don't have that right now.

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And.... once again, my husband tries to cross boundaries by asking ME to research cheap movers for HIM. WTF? What am I to him? A servant? A bank? I told him no, yet again.

I am getting better at strengthening my boundaries with him. I've said no to extra money, to researching movers and to emotionally supporting him when he thought he had covid.

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Good for you for not letting him use you. He’s old enough to be responsible, the fact he wants to act like a helpless child isn’t your problem now.
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Good for you for not letting him use you. He’s old enough to be responsible, the fact he wants to act like a helpless child isn’t your problem now.
@RoxanneToto, thank you, dear.

SO true! He IS acting like a helpless child. He's not my problem anymore though. And I have far more important tasks and issues to tackle right now.

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I'm having heart pangs - I think because I really miss having a partner to share my life with. I have reconsidered my husband several times now. Yes, I have - of course I have. His pleading got to me and got to my heart. But I know it's all lies and a front. I know he's full of BS and I know that it's simply just manipulation. I know all this. But a part of me wishes we didn't have to divorce. A huge part of me wishes he had been a different man - a far better man - and someone I didn't feel I had to leave. I sooo wish this had turned out differently. I cannot believe where I am at right now.

And he's acting all normal now. As though we're friends or as though we're on good terms. We're back to being cordial now as we coordinate details about switching the cable account to my name. We both had to complete paperwork, he has to scan the documents at his work, then email them to me so that I can upload them. What a royal pain in the butt! Geez. Could they make it any more difficult and arduous?

But yeah, he's acting as though things are fine between us, when I am bitter.

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