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    #61

    Feb 6, 2010, 08:08 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Adapa View Post
    BLAH. I guess my posts are a little angry, but thats just because I am not in the best of moods right now. ;)
    I am not going to steal this thread but maybe you can start a new one with your problem.
    Lots of people here to listen and care.
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    Feb 6, 2010, 08:08 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Adapa View Post
    BLAH. I guess my posts are a little angry, but thats just because I am not in the best of moods right now. ;)
    That's understandable. However, people sometimes come here for advise when they are at the end of their rope. To tell someone to give up all hope of the person in question making a change for the better, is almost as bad as telling someone to simply quit trying.

    These answers are on here for all to see. Will you feel the same when your mood changes? If so, use caution. Please.

    And the "genetic connection" ? I would like to see facts on that assumption.
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    Feb 6, 2010, 08:16 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by artlady View Post
    I am not going to steal this thread but maybe you can start a new one with your problem.
    Lots of people here to listen and care.
    Artsy... Psssst ;)


    https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/relati...do-443973.html
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    Feb 6, 2010, 08:23 PM

    I am just going to point out that most advice here says exactly what Adapa has said, heal, and move on.

    We all know people can change, but how long would you live with them in misery before they do? We also know that people have to want to change, so how long do you wait for that to happen?

    Come on guys, even though this was said in anger, this is what we tell others all the time, don't wait, and hope for change, go No Contact and heal.

    That's because after people heal, and can see things a lot clearly, they can make better decisions about how to proceed with their lives.

    Not to hijack this thread, just to point out the real message, and not get caught up in the negative emotion it was delivered in.
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    Feb 6, 2010, 08:28 PM

    I have worked with children who have been brought up in some of the worst circumstances imaginable. Their mother and fathers have been alcoholics, drug addicted. Some of them had mothers or fathers who lived with a boyfriend or girlfriend in atomspheres that were to say the least unacceptable. These kids pulled themselves out and now are teachers and lawyers and servicemen and women. So saying something bad like drug addiction and alcoholism is passed on genetically is very far fetched. Also I have seen parents who have gone to AA and have beaten their addiction. They are still alcoholics they don't drink, because they know they can't. The people who are pedophiles who prey upon innocent children and woman who murder their sweet little children, I think they are unredeemable and They should be given a death sentence. God will judge them and give them either justice or mercy.. As for me I believe in justice. I also believe they aren't born this way. Ted Bundy said porngraphy was the reason he turned to the life he led. I don't know if he was telling the truth or not. I do think it's one of the worst things that has happened to our society. We all have to make choices. We also have to live with the choices we make.
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    Feb 6, 2010, 08:32 PM

    Healing is possible especially when I visit this site, its so hard to have questions in my head and not know the real answer, but with all the nswers I get on here , although we don't know it all to be facts, we can onlu go by the most obvious, thanks for being so supportive , this almost feels like I'm writing in my diary and my diary has many friends in it that speak back to me, so in a sense it is better than having a lifeless diary.. this is the living diary yes !
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    Feb 6, 2010, 08:50 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Kitkat22 View Post
    I have worked with children who have been brought up in some of the worst circumstances imaginable. Their mother and fathers have been alcoholics, drug addicted. Some of them had mothers or fathers who lived with a boyfriend or girlfriend in atomspheres that were to say the least unacceptable. These kids pulled themselves out and now are teachers and lawyers and servicemen and women. So saying something bad like drug addiction and alcoholism is passed on genetically is very far fetched. Also I have seen parents who have gone to AA and have beaten their addiction. They are still alcoholics but they don't drink, because they know they can't.
    OH wow, I am SO SORRY. I didn't want to come off sounding like that people are who their parents are and its in their genes. I meant to sound say is that once you are who you are, then there is really no changing yourself. People can change, but they have to change for themselves first. I meant to say is that if someone changes to be with you, then they will slowly go back to the way they were.

    Quote Originally Posted by unsurenow View Post
    healing is possible especially when i visit this site,,its so hard to have questions in my head and not know the real answer, but with all the nswers i get on here , although we dont know it all to be facts, we can onlu go by the most obvious, thx for being so supportive , this almost feels like im writing in my diary and my diary has many friends in it that speak back to me, so in a sense it is better than having a lifeless diary..this is the living diary yes !

    I hope you feel better, and I hope that you can understand what I was trying to say. This is your diary! And guess what, I want you to make a promise to me. Okay? Because I want you to come back to this site, and see all your pain you went through, and when you have finally gotten what you wanted out of life you're going to come back here and see all the pain you went through and you're going to inspiration for everyone on here, even me. I too will come back to this site when I am fully healed from my exp. And we can all laugh about it, how we have grown and see how our lives are now. We will both think back and think, "why did i care so much?"

    Everyone and their uncle has told me, "Everyone goes through this at some point in our lives." I believe that God/Jesus does this to us to test our faith. I believe that these things have to hurt, that God/Jesus makes us hurt so we can learn to love someone even better. I promise you that your next love will be the best, and everyone after that it will get better and better and better, and God/Jesus is doing this to us, so that when we finally go over to the other side we know how to love everyone. He wants us to know how to love because he loves us.

    May god bless you and your choices in life, and always remember that I, and everyone on this forum cares about you. If we all hold hands, anything is possible.

    Love you,
    Adapa
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    #68

    Feb 6, 2010, 08:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by unsurenow View Post
    healing is possible especially when i visit this site,,its so hard to have questions in my head and not know the real answer, but with all the nswers i get on here , although we dont know it all to be facts, we can onlu go by the most obvious, thx for being so supportive , this almost feels like im writing in my diary and my diary has many friends in it that speak back to me, so in a sense it is better than having a lifeless diary..this is the living diary yes !

    ABOVE ALL Believe in yourself!!
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    #69

    Feb 6, 2010, 11:04 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by talaniman View Post
    I am just going to point out that most advice here says exactly what Adapa has said, heal, and move on.

    We all know people can change, but how long would you live with them in misery before they do? We also know that people have to want to change, so how long do you wait for that to happen?

    Come on guys, even though this was said in anger, this is what we tell others all the time, don't wait, and hope for change, go No Contact and heal.

    Thats because after people heal, and can see things a lot clearly, they can make better decisions about how to proceed with their lives.

    Not to hijack this thread, just to point out the real message, and not get caught up in the negative emotion it was delivered in.
    That is an excellent question... How long will you live in misery with someone? I did it before ,won't do it again!:eek:
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    Feb 7, 2010, 11:39 AM

    (I'm Guessing ) At one time in our life all of us , men and women have come across the "charmer" . The handsome man or beautiful woman who made you feel as if you were the most wonderful, person in the world. Then you marry him and a few weeks later he shows his true colors. You are shocked because you are nineteen years old and you've never seen you're dad hit your mother or any male in your family being disrespectful to their wife or any other women. So you think . "I'm doing something wrong" and you stay and cry and hope and pray he'll change. Three years later you finally get the nerve to fight back and you do fight back because you have a small child who is going to have to live in that hell with you. You fly two thousand miles back home bearing bruises and scars. Then you are home where you feel safe. He calls a thousand times swearing he'll change. I didn't fall for it. I had had enough.

    He didn't change, he is still an alcoholic, still abusive and has been to the three wives after me. Thank goodness God blessed me with a strong family and he gave me the wonderful man I have been married too for so many years and my daughter calls him Dad cause he is really the only Dad she has ever known. I'm sorry (maybe TMI )but I agree that some don't change. As for me, I don't think we should clump all those people together in one group. It's hard to feel sorry for these woman you see in your work place or on TV who have stayed with a man who abuses them mentally or physically and they say , "I love him so much, or my children need their father". THAT IS BULL! Children do not need to be in that situation. One bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch.there are wonderful men out there. Thanks for letting me vent! I love all of you
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    #71

    Feb 7, 2010, 12:18 PM
    So today is another day, things still flow through my mind, but I find myself quieting those thoughts, because I know HE is not good for me. Like Tina Turner said "Whats LOVE got to do with it?"

    What's crazy is, I have an ad on a singles site not that I can't meet men traditionally because I do... these men are relentless.. first saying they can't find a woman who wants a committed relationship, that all they (the women)want to do is have sex and play games, followed by the question, so, do you have a nice butt? Wth who is the real game player here? Red flaggs! It crax me up though and this clown called me a sexy cougar, another red flag.. please Lord not this again, I hate dating!
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    #72

    Feb 7, 2010, 12:28 PM

    Love doesn't seem to have much to do with your single's site either.. .
    Once you've healed from the cheating waste of space, I'm sure you'll meet a decent guy.
    There are guite a few of them out there.
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    #73

    Feb 7, 2010, 12:47 PM

    Singles sites, some of them are dangerous. Don't jump out of one horrible situation into another. Spend some time with your feelings and find yorself.. I don't know what else I can add, so good luck.
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    Feb 7, 2010, 12:58 PM

    Oh I ve been on them on and off for years, and I have met some pretty good people a lot of them are friends now..
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    Feb 7, 2010, 01:00 PM

    Good luck... Gotta go now.
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    #76

    Feb 7, 2010, 05:35 PM

    I was thinking about valentines day and I will not be sad that day because looking back at the last one with the ex, it's a bad memory, after I went through all the trouble to find his favorite bottle of grey goose and put it in a valentine bag w an I love you balloon tied to it and a card that said happy valentines, w chocolate lips, guess what this ingrate did? He took the bottle out, talked about how feminine the bag was with all the pink, said he hated chocolate and just let me know that it is supposed to be the guy that does this, well why didn't you then? These memories help me heal faster.I wish someone would have gone through all that trouble for me.. wish he would have LOVED and appreciated that someone actually loved him so much.. his loss
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    #77

    Feb 7, 2010, 06:00 PM
    I think buying booze for an alcoholic was the wrong thing to do. You need to stop dwelling on this and move on. You have a child and she is watching your life. Be a good role model. Valentines Day is like any other day if he doesn't treat you like a human being all year, it's not going to be any different on any special occasion. Really I have no other advice I can give you. You alone have to to take the path you choose, and the consequences or rewards the path brings.
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    #78

    Feb 7, 2010, 06:12 PM

    I don't have a child who is watching , they are already grown, no one is dwelling and I'm not looking for advice, just finding things that I remember that were "bad" is what helps me realize even more why staying away from him is the best thing for me. I am writing my thoughts down as I heal, don't need anyone to necessarily give me advice, maybe this will help others who may be going through a breakup.. not to romancitize the past but to remember things that were nt working. I'm sure you had your ways of healing, this is my way.plus when I bought the bottle I wasn't aware of HIS problem.I only saw him on the weekends.other responders are welcome.
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    #79

    Feb 21, 2010, 10:39 AM
    Well its been over nine weeks now, the pain is still very much present. I still find myself crying and wishing he would wake up and see what he has done.Last text I got from him was over two weeks ago, the only thing I did was sent him an email link to a song that made me think of him, that was on Vday.its a song called I AM by Mary J Blige. You should check it out on you tube. He didn't respond and I really didn't want him to. I know my life is better without him, but I can't help but wonder how he can move on after being such an to me. I feel like every time a NEW chick came around, that I was demoted.I still haven't been able to feel happiness within, I'm still going through nightmares and hope in my heart that he will see the light. I know its wishful thinking and that a person like him can not see the light if they don't see their mistakes and correct them.I just torture myself wondering if the NEW girl or girls, are getting the sweet man side and that he won't treat them like he did me, and why me? I was good to this man.I would love to hear from someone who is or has gone through the same feelings and thoughts, really don't want to hear what I know, not to dwell, I am not, just going through the process an need to hear other that know what I mean.

    Thx
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    Feb 21, 2010, 10:56 AM
    What you call wishful thinking, I call false hope.

    Your expecting a snake not to bite, a bee not to sting. That's not reality, its false hope. See him for what he is a lying cheater who will show his sweet side to fool any he deals with.

    That's who he is, and hoping he will change will accomplish nothing. You can change yourself though and must accept he is who he is, and stop letting him hurt you again and again, and that means no more texts or contact of any kind, for ant reason, and you start rebuilding your life with people, places, and things you enjoy.

    Your not alone in your hurt, we all have been bitten by a snake and stung by a bee, and lived to find a better way of living than messing with dangerous critters.

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